When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I wonder how people write exactly how they feel and give the reader the same feeling. Its a blessing!! — Farah Mustafa Copy Share Image
“I think poor poetry writing skills are excused when you’re simply trying to flush out emotions.” — Katie Kiesler Copy Share Image
An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky. — Abigail Padgett Copy Share Image
“Masturbation, like writing, is best when your mind is working faster than your hand.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
“Honestly,” he says, “I judge writers on how they write queries. If you’re a good writer, you’re a good writer.” And if… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
“I remember writing all kinds of stories as a kid, but I really don’t know what the first thing was. Whatever it… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Write poetry as if you were in love. If you are always in love you will not always write the same poem,… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because,… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“Becoming a successful professional writer implies that one's own mind is entertaining enough to keep the work interesting. ” — Robert Stump Copy Share Image
As a kid I was always writing and directing plays in my basement with my neighborhood cronies. But please don't get me… — Coley Sohn Copy Share Image
There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Every once in a bestseller list, you come across a truly exceptional craftsman, a wordsmith so adept at cutting, shaping, and honing… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
You don't want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. You can't fill up when you're holding… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I nearly laughed at the sight of his nostrils flaring up. I used to think that "flaring nostrils" was something that writers… — Hayden Thorne Copy Share Image
What do prisoners do? Write, of course; even if they have to use blood as ink, as the Marquis de Sade did.… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
“Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was expected to clock in at anywhere between 100 and 120 chapters. Unfortunately, the dude only managed to… — Jacopo della Quercia Copy Share Image
You can write a 1st paragraph that continues the same thought you expressed in your headline. If you stop a reader with… — John Caples Copy Share Image
Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“To become successful, one must put themselves in the paths of giants!” — Lillian Cauldwell Copy Share Image
The more light hearted I write about that, the better the message gets through. — Theo Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole. — Kit Williamson Copy Share Image
Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught—prayer, fasting and self-mutilation. — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I am really grateful to Hindustan Times as it gave me the first platform to my writing passion. — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Definitely, I feel that there is a need for more female producers, directors, and writers. — Farhan Akhtar Copy Share Image
“I used my writing as a bridge between this world and one that wasn’t quite so painful.” — Darrell Pitt Copy Share Image
Writing in my closet, it's a small space but it made a lot of room in my mind. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
