“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.” — Katherine Powers Copy Share Image
On tour, it's hard to do much writing, but if I'm on a deadline, I find a way. — Davy Rothbart Copy Share Image
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
A humorist has to be taken seriously before he's considered a real writer. — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire. — Jewel Copy Share Image
“But then why do we write if not to tackle the fears that others look to us to conquer?” — Joanna Penn Copy Share Image
I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
I never claimed to be a low-maintenance gal, but when I'm writing, it's particularly challenging. I lose things constantly: my watch, my… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it -… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“I can assure you, as anyone who has ever met a muse knows, the best way to get a muse to hang… — Z.A. Maxfield Copy Share Image
“Writing is hard, but I don’t want to kill myself trying to write. Not unless I’m writing a suicide note.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
“What happens when the YA thriller writer heroine tries to get thru airport security with her research notes in her bag? :… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
Talking Taboo is a groundbreaking book. This chorus of bold female voices is presenting the church with an opportunity to engage real… — Carolyn Custis James Copy Share Image
To try something longer, I entered a half-hour radio drama contest with the national public broadcaster, CBC. To my surprise, I won.… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
By the time you write the last page you have done half the book. The other half tends to get done in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think the idea of fact-checking, I think the idea that you come up through a system where you know how to… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
“I told her to send the agent a letter, explaining that she would be happy to consider answering any questions he might… — James Duane Copy Share Image
I'm always reading. Here's where an ebook reader really comes into its own. When I travel, it allows me to carry a… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Maybe we, the cultural workers , could apply ourselves. We're not going to resolve it in this moment or even in this… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
