What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
“No one can teach you how to write. A writer writes, plain and simple. You improve by doing.” — Scott Ciencin Copy Share Image
In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of… — Michael P. Anderson Copy Share Image
The narrative songs were well-written, like an article in The New Yorker. They're nice and pat. They're more like I'm just showing… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
“Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began… — Charles Martin Smith Copy Share Image
I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time... If you… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think, because I didn't think of myself getting into writing and production since I was younger, I could get bored of… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
I never start out with any kind of connecting theme or plan. Everything just falls the way it falls. I don't ever… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
One of my friends said to me, "Oh yeah, of course you aren't writing." So I was like, "The next time you… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
When you suffer, you can look deeply at your situation and find the many blessings that are already surrounding you. It is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If I wanted to connect like I do now, I'd have to write 500,000 letters, get 500,000 stamps, send them out and… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
“Why have the writings of the prophets endured? Because they fearlessly speak truth to power. They call out the injustice and oppression… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Theresa Rebeck's writing is so scarily funny. I just love how unapologetic she is with her writing: she doesn't try to make… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine. — Barry Bonds Copy Share Image
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
“One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing.” — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Always suffer delusions of grandeur with your art. What you are unable to face will never hurt you” — Ginnetta Correli Copy Share Image
The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations! — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
“Is it possible to write a reverent novel," said Nassrin, "and to have it be good?...” — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully. — Robert Metcalfe Copy Share Image
... writing letters is thinking, just as talking to you is thinking. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me. — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
