Writing Quotes · Page 334

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

— Annie Proulx

“Every time you make a tweet, a writer develops writer's block.”

— Christopher D. Votey

I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?'

— Junot Diaz

I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.

— Octavia E. Butler

When you are writing; do it a right thing, because world begins with writing

— Anonymous

I write about humility, because it's something I hope I one day actually possess.

— Michael McDonald

I try to begin writing as close to a dreamlike state as I can get.

— Philipp Meyer

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.

— Paul Engle

Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book.…

— Jim Beaver

Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There…

— Laurie Colwin

Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory…

— Mary Oliver

I had many doubts while writing my autobiography. I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested to read about my life.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.

— Colin Morgan

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“It’s necessary to admit that there's no universal truth about right and wrong when the subjects of your writings come rightly from…

— Frederick Vanderbuilt

Writing 'The Noonday Demon' turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university…

— Andrew Solomon

The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization,…

— Garth Stein

“Writing was born as the maidservant of human consciousness, but is increasingly becoming its master. Our computers have trouble understanding how Homo…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Great writers, I discovered, were not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and befriended. Their names resounded through history…

— Stephen Fry

Theatre can entertain, provoke, challenge, investigate, comfort and educate. It's arrogant of a playwright to think education is more important than anything…

— Alistair Beaton

If you think reading a book is hard, you should try writing one. Because it's even harder. It's still not as hard…

— Erik Wolpaw

I was extraordinarily lucky. I wrote a book because I wanted to see if I could write a mystery. Someone nagged me…

— Donna Leon

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got…

— John le Carre

I use poetry to explain myself to myself. It is a way of investigating who you really are, what you feel, what…

— Jonathan W. Galassi

It's a fine motion picture up to the point where God finishes and the script writer takes over.

— Will Rogers

I am looking for different roles as many writers are coming up with the same kind of characters.

— Rao Ramesh

In school, I used to write scripts and all that good stuff.

— Jay Sean

I loved your article.Really looking forward to read more. Keep writing.

— Bookmarking

My life revolves around my writing, my wife and my son.

— James Patterson

“logographos, a writer of speeches for others to use”

— Aristotle

Don't worry about what anyone else thinks - write what you must.

— Carl Phillips

With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.

— Ken Baumann

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

— Elmore Leonard

“To write is to feel ... with your heart, your mind, and your soul.”

— Paula Baker

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

— Maya Angelou

It's not like I'm not writing great music anymore, it's just that I want to take it another level.

— Drake

I recommend free writing in the morning and the evening as a type of mental shower.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.

— Julianna Baggott

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

— Ryan North

“Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.”

— Gustave Flaubert