The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
When you ask, Did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature. — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I'm a very old-fashioned novelist. I write 19th-century novels, where a lot of rules apply. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I really love fantasy. I have to say it is my favourite genre to read and one of the genres I love… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I got my Bachelor's degree in nursing and worked nine years - even taught nursing in a college - before I stopped… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
As a fiction writer, one of things you learn is God lives in specificity. You know, human kindness is increased as we… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
No, I never thought that I would be a writer. I had always been told I could write well, but it never… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I find that with any good run on a show with good writers, they put something on paper, and you put something… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
There is some pressure when you are a woman doing what I do that you must support all other women unconditionally, no… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“I would like to write one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing much happens there's lots to write about.… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If I'm writing a story and you're reading it, or vice versa, you took time out of your day to pick up… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Never open your story with a character thinking, I advise my students. As a further precaution, don’t put a character in a… — Les Standiford Copy Share Image
The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
