“Writing? Why should I be writing?! I have Internet for Pete's sake!” — Emma Shannon Copy Share Image
“People should love in the same way that they should write; insistently, fervently, forever.” — R. YS Perez Copy Share Image
You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your name almost becomes… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I… — Dido Armstrong Copy Share Image
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our day he would have retained his own style while accepting something of… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Novelists have, on the average, about the same IQs as the cosmetic consultants at Bloomingdale’s department store. Our power is patience. We… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I began as a poet, moved to short fiction, then to novel writing, and, for the past twelve years, back to stories.… — Jack Driscoll Copy Share Image
“Fynn disguise nobody but Fynn. At the time of writing I have known him for a couple of years. But there is… — Vernon Sproxton Copy Share Image
E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
