“Good fiction is life with all the boring bits taken out, not with all the hardship taken out.” — Caro Clarke Copy Share Image
Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published. — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
'Despacito' started with a melody hook that I had with my guitar only. The beat for this track came after I wrote… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
I'm quite often interested in writing and sculpture, installation, and photography, obviously, just as much as filmmaking. — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing does not numb, comfort, or soothe me. It does the opposite. It tends to excite me and reinscribe pain. It doesn't… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a composer for a while, and for a while, and maybe still, I found writing music much easier… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it. — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be… — David Chase Copy Share Image
The visual side of being a performer or in a band is, to me, as important as the music. I know not… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
I don't understand the feeling of, the way people speak of writing as though it were, like, some kind of djinn to… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
The unknownness of my needs frightens me. I do now know how huge they are, or how high they are, I only… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
When you're writing plays, it's possible to believe you don't have any real world skill. When you're adapting, it is really all… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of… — Wei Wu Wei Copy Share Image
If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that's fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
“Every single line that you write, you hang on every single word, and you hang on every single moment.” — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you are writing; do it a right thing, because world begins with writing — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write about humility, because it's something I hope I one day actually possess. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time. — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?' — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Every time you make a tweet, a writer develops writer's block.” — Christopher D. Votey Copy Share Image
I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking. — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
I am looking for different roles as many writers are coming up with the same kind of characters. — Rao Ramesh Copy Share Image
It's a fine motion picture up to the point where God finishes and the script writer takes over. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I loved your article.Really looking forward to read more. Keep writing. — Bookmarking Copy Share Image
