Writing Quotes · Page 286

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

— Mary McCarthy

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

— Julia Leigh

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

— Greg Egan

LCD is a band about a band writing music about writing music.

— James Murphy

Tales are sometimes written in order to relate to real life situations that people have.

— Saaif Alam

Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.

— Theodore Parker

That's the life, really, isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

— Rob Halford

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

— Adam Rich

I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk…

— Edward Albee

Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and this is disappointing to say - have a very…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Suicide is the role you write for yourself. You inhabit it and you enact it. All carefully staged -- where they will…

— Philip Roth

When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I write on the typewriter. I like it because I like the feeling of making something with my hands. I like pressing…

— David McCullough

I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need…

— Sue Townsend

I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of…

— Daniel Drezner

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still…

— Shane Carruth

The Treatise of the Three Impostors is a book that enjoyed centuries of notorious nonexistence until (as Voltaire would say) it became…

— Joscelyn Godwin

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the…

— John Patrick Shanley

“Never wants to what?” Meet anybody for a drink . Oh, he had to go out last night and meet this television…

— J.D. Salinger

Witing is essentially interior work, and many writers are interior personalities. Having a job forces you out of the world of your…

— Hanya Yanagihara

“It was so nice that Simon was here for it - tell him I enjoyed every minute - ' it was glorious…

— Dodie Smith

The act of writing means you wish to communicate. Whether you're writing a memoir for yourself you put in a drawer, or…

— Harlan Ellison

I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the…

— Kurt Busiek

“Thomas Randall and Christopher Golden not only are inventive writers but write in a sense to grab your attention cover to cover!…

— Thomas Randall

Writing is something that comes naturally to me, like acting.

— Divya Dutta

I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.

— Manju Kapur

The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.

— David Sedaris

“The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal.”

— Sally Odgers

The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.

— Edwidge Danticat

If I start tracing, I bet I will find a writer in my family tree.

— Mary Gauthier

Miloš Forman is a great director; Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.

— Twyla Tharp

“I'm so passionate about my writing, there's page-spunk pouring out of my fingertips.”

— Mike Philbin

As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.

— Ralph Macchio

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

— Pink

If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.

— Chath Piersath

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

— Buddy Rice

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

— Carl Sandburg

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

— Paul Theroux

“Stories change us; they change the world. People are stories of themselves.”

— Karen Healey