Writing Quotes · Page 390

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.

— Lori Lansens

“At digte, – det er at holde
 dommedag over sig selv.”

— Henrik Ibsen

There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.

— Pat Conroy

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!

— Tanith Lee

“[I]n the long run it's worthwhile to see the manuscript as a text capable of improvement.”

— Barbara Sjoholm

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

— Charlaine Harris

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.

— Helen McCloy

My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.

— Branford Marsalis

I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller.

— Dianne Reeves

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built

— Leon Uris

You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce…

— Gloria Estefan

“WRITTEN IN PENCIL IN THE SEALED RAILWAY-CAR here in this carload i am eve with abel my son if you see my…

— Dan Pagis

“Writing and photographing is not about copying reality and reproducing it perfectly. It's about showing it to others as you see it…

— Katja Michael

Dark hair fell in a sweep over his forehead. He looked like a man who would write vers libre, as indeed he…

— Anonymous

I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy.…

— Roberto Benigni

“A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Obviously loss of family is huge and critical, but I think really it's more about losing a sense of family. The horror…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up…

— Isaac Asimov

In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending…

— Anonymous

'The Practice' I was on for seven years and it was a law show, so I really - a lot of objections…

— Kelli Williams

If I know I will be working with someone and they are not keen with writing with a girl, I like to…

— Bonnie McKee

I don't want to make a comfortable film. I'm not interested in that. I'm not interested in answering people's questions; I'm interested…

— Sam Levinson

What I've found as I have kept writing stories is that more and more your way is barred. I feel really choked…

— Catherine Brady

I feel happy about the songs I've written. I'm a great lover of the craft of songwriting, and I sure admire it…

— John Fogerty

What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play.

— Richard Foreman

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a…

— Eva Gutowski

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

— Peter Davison

Everything I write in my show is a collaboration with a team.

— Nikki Glaser

I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker, and you have to stop all that to write a novel.

— Hilary Mantel

I did not write it (Uncle Tom's Cabin). God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.

— Mel Gibson

Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house.

— Devin Townsend

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

— Billy Wilder

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.

— Donna Tartt

“Dance to inspire, dance to freedom, life is about experiences so dance and let yourself become free.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

Write down everything you don't like about yourself. Rip it up. Burn it.

— Anonymous

“People should love in the same way that they should write; insistently, fervently, forever.”

— R. YS Perez

“Writing? Why should I be writing?! I have Internet for Pete's sake!”

— Emma Shannon

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

— Linda Sue Park

Shake was a dramatist of note; He lived by writing things to quote.

— H. C. Bunner