I don't think the press are vindictive. They can write what they want — Mike Gatting Copy Share Image
In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I write much better in the nonconfines of the early morning than I do the clutter of the day. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
“Poetry is the most potent of all literary forms. If prose is candle light, poetry is dawn.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song. — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the fun things in the old days about writing with Frank Miller was that every issue of 'Daredevil' was a… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
Here is a golden Rule… Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule! — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I do think it is important to look at the writing as a job though and to commit to it like you'd… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
Once I came to really understand the mechanics of three-act structure, my life got a great deal easier. It doesn't tell you… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
I've determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
Lolita' was written at a time when we were heavily listening to more dance, electronic, and trance, and then on the flip… — Jessica Origliasso Copy Share Image
“He was in Guanajuato, Mexico, he was a writer, and tonight was the Day of the Dead ceremony. He was in a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
“And every writer cherishes the dream of setting the young on fire, even if only by a cigarette butt tossed casually over… — Clive James Copy Share Image
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“If you must break a rule, break it on purpose. That includes this rule.” — Josh Steimle Copy Share Image
If you write to me and it takes a day for me to write back, don't take it personally. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life. — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
“Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
Younger writers and smaller writers need to live and get by. They need to be paid. It has to be fair. — Nicola Roberts Copy Share Image
“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
