Writing Quotes · Page 392

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

— Kristin Hersh

“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.”

— John Dufresne

“Your greatest dreams will always slumber within the vicious depths of fear.”

— robert m drake

Some people write to remember, some people write to forget.

— Needa Muy

My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.

— Reeve Carney

Priyadarshan makes good films because he is a good writer.

— Mohanlal

Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

— Kurt Vonnegut

There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is.

— Dean Koontz

“The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just any words, but, if you can, into rhythm and…

— Anne Lamott

“If you want to succeed in indie publishing, be prepared to work your ass off and demonstrate patience. Writers who aren’t willing…

— Sean Platt

I would write 100 jokes a day. Most of them were terrible. But I just said, 'I'll write more than everybody else,…

— Anthony Jeselnik

“Having read several prize-winning novels, Fancy was confident that she now knew the recipe: 1. Write a simple narrative. 2. Make a…

— Jaclyn Moriarty

Everyone can write his own story, but no one can write your story The story of your life, so be thankful of…

— Anonymous

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a…

— Malcolm Arnold

When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's…

— Joanne Harris

I'm a person who, when I set out to write, I write. It's just like when you set out to eat, you…

— Juan Gabriel

There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned under…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

After all these years, being alone, creating your art and finding your way, finding the path I wanted to take, writing the…

— Tarja Turunen

I am practical by nature, and I'd heard that being a writer or an artist is a good way to starve! So…

— Ally Carter

What I find to be very bad advice is the snappy little sentence, 'Write what you know.' It is the most tiresome…

— Annie Proulx

“THE attention of the writer having been called to the fact that all Indo-Germanic nations have worshipped crucified Saviours, an investigation of…

— Sarah E. Titcomb

I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone has to be on…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was…

— Tibor Fischer

My friends tell me that I am an intruder, that I don't really write when I attempt poetry. But those of my…

— Jorge Luis Borges

If there's a book that you want to read,but hasn't been written yet,then you must write it.

— Toni Morrison

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.

— Cyril Connolly

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

— William Safire

Writing music and playing guitar was really what I wanted to do forever.

— Kris Allen

As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.

— David Frum

I know important literary writers who can't get published.

— Frederick Busch

I am excited by... the new novel by Samantha Hunt. She's a writer I really admire a lot.

— Rick Moody

All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy.

— William Saroyan

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

— Joan Armatrading

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I never thought I was good enough actually to write.

— Ricky Schroder

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

— V. S. Naipaul

I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.

— Paulo Coelho

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

— Irving Stone

I know I'm born to be a writer and a musician - that's what I love and am supposed to do.

— Ruel