If the headline is a good one, it is a relatively simple matter to write the copy. — John Caples Copy Share Image
An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart. — Uri Shulevitz Copy Share Image
“Learn with your Mind, Love with your Heart, and Write with your Soul.” — A. Willow Evans Copy Share Image
“A writer must ask the tough questions. It’s the only way to get to the heart of the truth.” — Tom Winton Copy Share Image
The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write in my house, at my desk, where I have Christmas lights strung over it to try and convince me that… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“For me, all writing -- storytelling and style -- gets back to the Bible, Twain and Hemingway, and not in that order.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers. — Wilson Follett Copy Share Image
Eternity has no gray hairs. The flowers fade, the heart withers, people grow old and die, the world lies down in the… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate in that the films I've worked on in the horror genre are themselves not pure horror, and have allowed… — Douglas Pipes Copy Share Image
What I found interesting writing a screenplay as opposed to writing a novel is not the obvious thing, which is having to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The writer is often faced with two choices--turn away from the reality of life's intimidating complexity or conquer its mystery by battling… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About… — Wallace Thurman Copy Share Image
“I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
My '60s plays were as good as most of the other plays I've written ... except I wasn't in a condition to… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader ~ Robert Frost” — Debbie Linger Chesnut Copy Share Image
Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing. — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'm always nice when I do drugs. But, you know, I'm nicer on the drug called "writing." — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts. — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk. — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
“Books are written so their authors can be heard, not so that they remain silent.” — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
