Writing Quotes · Page 236

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

“Writers wear their skeletons on their sleeves. While the rest of the world locks them in a closet.”

— Zachary Koukol

I had been laid off from 'Entertainment Weekly 'right before I started writing 'Gone Girl.'

— Gillian Flynn

You have to be careful. You have to be able to stand behind what you write and believe in it.

— Jesse Armstrong

“My writing is like those little carved baskets made in prisons…”

— Leo Tolstoy

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

— Jonathan Ames

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

— Natalie Goldberg

“I am a Christian and of course what I write will be from that essential viewpoint.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“When you're writing, you're creating something out of nothing ... A successful piece of writing is like doing a successful piece of…

— Susanna Clarke

The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list…

— David Longstreth

“Sometimes she narrates her actions inside her head in third-person. Does that make her a writer or a woman?”

— Kate Zambreno

“The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and…

— Jamie L. Harding

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took…

— Anne Rice

“I don't write for money or for my words to be read. I write because it takes me to dark corners in…

— Zachary Koukol

I write out of enthusiasm. Momentum that comes from a new idea. Eagerness to explore. I also write out of fear -…

— Nick Antosca

My characters, I find them as I'm writing. It's quite incredible how fully realized they are in my mind, how many details…

— Paul Auster

I remember writing monologues and one-act plays and stuff in high school. I had a project in English that was just a…

— Natasha Rothwell

For many American-Jewish writers, the dominant motifs have been cultural, secular, sometimes comic, often satirical. Writing about the religious component of Judaism,…

— Allegra Goodman

“talking about clear minds writing in clear language—the predictions of Saint Augustine, Sir Francis Bacon, Newton, Einstein, the list goes on and…

— Dan Brown

I think anything that you can use to connect is fine. For some people it's meditation. For some people it's yoga. For…

— Wayne Dyer

I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what…

— Etgar Keret

In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our…

— Mitt Romney

The other reason I didn't want to fictionalize it is because one of the main points of publishing a memoir in nonfiction…

— Melissa Febos

Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child.…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.”

— Christy Hall

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.

— Rick Moody

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I like to think when I'm writing about God I'm actually worshiping Him.”

— Alphys Pouvei

The drama, like the symphony, does not teach or prove anything.

— John Millington Synge

There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.

— Charles Bukowski

“The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.”

— Blaise Pascal

As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers.

— Haaz Sleiman

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

— Stephen Gaghan

“The best fiction writers are the most believable liars...”

— Bea Cannon

Everything I've written up to now, hasn't had anything to do with my life really.

— Danny Strong

“Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is.”

— Carla H. Krueger

“Is 'creative writing program' oxymoronic? How could you teach someone to make something new?”

— Laurie Calhoun

Pain's always been the root of my music. I just write what I feel.

— NF

All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life.

— Nancy Friday