“Someday, I want to write an unauthorized autobiography of myself.” — David McMullen-Sullivan Copy Share Image
(...) the translator of prose is the slave of the author and the translator of poetry is his rival. — Andreï Makine Copy Share Image
“It's as hard to get from almost finished to finished as to get from beginning to almost done.” — Elinor Fuchs Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I was writing and playing in California for 11 years before I moved to Nashville. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“Excuse me, I feel interrupted and I think I've overdose from the idea of loving you.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which… — Heather Hart Copy Share Image
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I keep a notebook on my bedside table and write poetry every night before I go to sleep. It's been something I've… — Lexi Underwood Copy Share Image
If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives. — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm… — Ashley Rickards Copy Share Image
I have a strong work ethic, yet I'm incredibly lazy as well. The problem with being a writer is that everything you… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
When I started writing, I thought nobody would understand the things that I liked. Then I began getting a lot of letters… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
The solution to a problem - a story that you are unable to finish - is the problem. It isn't as if… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody likes to read people writing horrible stuff about you. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I think all writers have a style, a particular voice and rhythm that you have to find. — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Ikatlah ilmu dengan menuliskannya (Tie science by writing)” — Ali bin Abi Thalib r.a Copy Share Image
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Writer’s block is akin to a “vacancy” sign; if you wait long enough they will eventually fill.” — Nanette L. Avery Copy Share Image
My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Take these words home and think it through; Or the next rhyme I write might be about you. — Prodigy Copy Share Image
