Writing Quotes · Page 285

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

— Franz Grillparzer

When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.

— Candace Bushnell

If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

— Kevin Powers

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

— John Steinbeck

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.

— William Faulkner

“Own anything you want in your writing and then let it go.”

— Natalie Goldberg

Maybe one thing is that you have to find the best way to write whatever works better for you.

— Ann M. Martin

I guess my writing through time has focused on a number of dimensions that reflect separately on the meaning and social place…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process.…

— Norah Jones

There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really…

— Glen Hansard

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep…

— James Salter

I began to imitate what I was reading, and I started to become a poet, even though what I was writing were…

— Edward Hirsch

I'm very happy for others to engage in conjecture, but if I was ever conscious of what I'm thinking about when I'm…

— Peter Morgan

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I…

— Lisa Scottoline

“The theory of 1,000 true fans states that an artist (not just writers, but musicians, filmmakers, carpenters, whatever) need only acquire 1,000…

— Sean Platt

I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation.…

— Daniel H. Pink

And if you're gonna be a writer, you just truly have to be a writer. You have to throw yourself into it…

— Cheryl Strayed

Every time I think that political analysts and writers will finally recognize that most of them don't understand much about political polls,…

— Bob Beckel

“No thinking – that comes later. You write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key…

— Anonymous

“Search your own life for the story only you can tell. The best thing about writing from life is that you can…

— Elizabeth Forsythe

I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak…

— Shane Carruth

“And let’s debunk one bit of writer myth while we’re here: Doing a seventeenth revision on a project does not make a…

— Holly Lisle

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. We read the quotation…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I want to see some scripts written by women and projects being directed by women.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

Let All Your Life’s Experiences Lead To More Writing Encourage More Reading..!

— Sujit Lalwani

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

— Dar Williams

Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

— Lord Byron

What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

— William Saroyan

That's point of writing: building what you need, right?

— Daphne Gottlieb

Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.

— Douglas Coupland

Most writers do similar things in their minds. It's how the mind works, basically.

— Raymond Pettibon

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

— Earl Weaver

Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.

— Anonymous

“Don't listen to writers. They're messed up - that's why they're writers!”

— Chocolate Waters

Everybody writes about what they are talking but I am doing opposite.

— Erdem

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

— Horace Walpole

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

— Chris Abani

“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.”

— Amit Kalantri