Writing Quotes · Page 415

I've got a habit of writing about everything I go through.

— Akon

There are two types of people in this world: Gypsy and Gadge. Which one am I? Neither. I'm a writer.

— Allison Mackie

“Often when legends are written, the rowdy and rebellious get better press.”

— Kate Hopkins

You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I'm not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don't seek a wide swath of feedback.

— Claire Messud

Television has always been an appealing medium for writers to work in.

— Travis Beacham

I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.

— Dean Wesley Smith

I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a…

— Marianne Williamson

Opinionated writing is always the most difficult... simply because it involves retaining in the cold morning-after crystal of the printed word the…

— Gavin Lyall

Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one's own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that…

— Lucy Calkins

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.

— Sissy Spacek

Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are…

— Anonymous

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do…

— Morgan Freeman

“You realize, you have to give in to the muse from afar. You have to heed the inner voice that has come…

— Mala Naidoo

One danger, when you're writing lots of quick, opinionated blog items about the latest developments, is that you never get around to…

— Mickey Kaus

“Once upon a time,” Nora said, as she fluttered a series of kisses over his shoulders that sent every nerve in his…

— Tiffany Reisz

“Literature...describes a descent. First, gods. Then demigods. Then epic became tragedy: failed kings, failed heroes. Then the gentry. Then the middle class…

— Martin Amis

I think many people (like myself) prefer to read poetry mixed with prose; it gives you more to go by; the conventions…

— William Empson

You try to learn who you are. You work hard. You've either got it or you don't when it comes to writing…

— James Ellroy

“to paraphrase science writer John D. Barrow … we know they are impossible and yet we can imagine them anyway. Our brains,…

— Robert Krulwich

There's a difference between writing, the written word, and music. When you have the blank page it doesn't make a sound, which…

— Jamie Lidell

Complicated Grief was written in larger and more coherent (if disparate) shapes. The question was how they fit together. The mind is…

— Laura Mullen

I'm lucky. I don't have to produce the whole movie. What I've been doing is just coming up with ideas for movies.…

— Stan Lee

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

If you have to read to cheer yourself up, read biographies of writers who went insane.

— Colm Toibin

If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God.

— Tim Hughes

A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.

— Sol Stein

I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing.

— John Burns

We're storytellers - and if the story is told well, you go with the form.

— Noma Dumezweni

I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

— Taylor Sheridan

General rules have been legislated into being by past masters.

— John Ciardi

Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors.

— Austin O'Malley

“Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.”

— Michael J. Kannengieser

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

— Joseph Joubert

Whether I am writing about a man or woman makes no difference in terms of difficulty.

— Nick Hornby

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

— Michael Jackson

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

— Jasper Fforde

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.

— Alex Haley