Writing Quotes · Page 391

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

— Werner Lansburgh

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

— Pippa Middleton

“I became a writer so that the voices inside my head would become an acceptable occurrence.”

— Janae Mitchell

Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence.

— Ernest Hemingway

“There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.

— Susan Orlean

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they…

— Walter Benjamin

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big,…

— Tom DeLonge

I actually write a lot, but mostly just daily gibberish. I am a documentation addict: "I just peed. I walked down the…

— Brian Chippendale

[John] Adams was the best and most colorful stylist among the Founders. Although [Tomas] Jefferson is widely regarded as the smoothest writer,…

— Gordon S. Wood

I can't do one thing at a time. If I'm writing song lyrics, I've got to be doing the ironing or cooking…

— Ian Gillan

It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean…

— Flannery O'Connor

I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.

— Paul Theroux

When reviewers take the trouble to compliment a writer on her style, it is usually because she has made it easy for…

— William H. Gass

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own…

— David Bowie

Probably the biggest temptation that young writers face is to be entertaining, to show your bag of tricks and do a bit…

— Teju Cole

I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use…

— Kevin Powers

“The bricoleur , says Levi-Strauss, is someone who uses 'the means at hand,' that is, the instruments he finds at his disposition…

— Jacques Derrida

Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer…

— Dennis Cooper

The producer and writers [ of X-Men: Apocalypse ] were kind of feeling me out with, "Are you okay with the fact…

— Lucas Till

I consider what I do on Deadspin to be based in the foundations of journalism, yes, based on the foundations of journalism…

— Will Leitch

I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear…

— Dave Grohl

To anyone writing about #dawnwall, this is not an effort to ‘conquer.’ It's about realizing a dream,

— Kevin Jorgeson

Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together.

— Neil Gaiman

“I write not because I want to but because I am destined to.”

— Jules Haigler

I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it?

— Nayvadius Cash

We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.

— Tom Fletcher

“Until I knew that it was you inside me, who has so much to say, I hesitated writing.”

— Nishikant

History is not just written by the winners; it's written about them.

— Steve Rushin

“Without living, how can you know? Without knowing, how can you speak?”

— J.E. Seanachaí

Weirdly, it's much easier to write a poem than a film.

— Tim Key

I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself.

— Reinhold Messner

Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.

— Tom Robbins

I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.

— Mike White

It's good to talk...its better if you have it in writing.

— Robert D Dangoor

Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.

— Sue Monk Kidd

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

— Ashwin Sanghi

I cannot write in isolation. I write with people around me.

— Ravi Subramanian