Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want. — Yuriy Tarnawsky Copy Share Image
“I see so many kids that love being writers more than they love writing.” — Scroobius Pip Copy Share Image
You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat. — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out. — John Updike Copy Share Image
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer. — David Guterson Copy Share Image
O MY WIFE-who made the writing of my previous book a pleasure and writing of the present one a necessity. — Herbert C. Brown Copy Share Image
“Our friend was slightly nervous; that went with his character as a student of fine prose, went with the artist’s general disposition… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Prose should have a flow, the forward momentum of a certain energized weight; it should feel like a voice tumbling in your… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I can't say enough about 'The First Time.' It was such an awesome experience. Jon Kasdan, the writer/director, was great. He's such… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm not reading currently because I'm getting revisions of a novel. If I read while I'm writing I will unconsciously plagiarize and… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
“Don’t tell me to write your story. Write your own story. If you won’t write it down, it probably isn’t worth writing… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to… — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
“Hauriou, became a crown witness for us when he confirmed this connection in 1916, in the midst of WWI: “The revolution of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
In novels like 'Kaaterskill Falls', I've been able to write sympathetically about religious people - and beyond that, I've been able to… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
Perfecting and selling your writing is a lifelong task. If you are a persistent writer, you can expect your abilities to improve… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In writing a novel about George Sand, I hoped to present her as the talented, beguiling, complicated and occasionally infuriating woman I… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
The conservative media game was neatly summarized by Matt Labash, a former senior writer for The Weekly Standard, in a 2003 interview… — Matt Labash Copy Share Image
In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
