Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
My mother inculcated wisdom in us, and I want to preserve her wisdom in writing. — Govinda Copy Share Image
I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
To say that creative writing courses are all useless is almost as silly as saying all editors are useless. Writers of all… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
I do a lot of revising. Certain chapters six or seven times. Occasionally you can hit it right the first time. More… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
I should say that I'm not conscious of any particular style or any particular literary device when I am writing. I have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story; but is not a finished product. Too many writers study the craft of… — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
For years, there was no man in the house when my husband was off on law cases in the Far East. Without… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I basically wake up at five in the morning and grab coffee and just get to the studio. And I have a… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
My brother & I have always said that to write a song, it takes all the experiences of your life, plus the… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I'm really grateful for. I'm so tired of thinking about myself. I'm sick of… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
If someone considers the prophetic writings with all the diligence and reverence they are worth, while he reads and examines with great… — Origen Copy Share Image
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The way the show was conceived originally and developed, has always had good writing at the heart of it, it's very difficult… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Ennui had more distractions far more amusing than the automatons of a watchmaker in Mühlenberg.” — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
In some ways it is absurd for me to assert, counter to evidence, that I have not been writing. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Then I decided I would spend the summer writing a novel. That would fix a lot of people. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
With some writers, the script looks beautiful on the page, but nobody actually speaks like that. — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
YouTubers are not taken as seriously as the written press, which is strange. — Marques Brownlee Copy Share Image
“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
“Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms).” — J.M. Varner Copy Share Image
I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
