The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm a woofer, not a tweeter; a writer, not a telegrapher; an essayist, not an aphorist. — Richard Turner Copy Share Image
I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction. — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
When it comes to writing, I don't want to cheat the people. I don't wanna rush that. — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
“Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own” — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive. — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
“Whenever I'm asked what kind of writing is the most lucrative, I have to say ransom notes.” — H.N. Swanson Copy Share Image
The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people. — Rex Orange County Copy Share Image
I am hoping to improve my writing and rapping, as well as get a better grasp on how to make beats and… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
You're writing about young, vibrant people; there are wins and losses. In other words, it's great drama. — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
The Crown' is a dramatisation based on fact. It isn't a documentary. If it were, you wouldn't get Peter Morgan's writing and… — Jason Watkins Copy Share Image
“There was silence. No one looked at me. People pretended to be absorbed in their phones. One writer didn’t even have a… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Marx's writings still have something to teach us about capitalism. They have little or nothing to teach us about any alternatives to… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
It always felt like the price of being a writer was that you would - even in the most terrible moments, there… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I actually do bits of my writing in sort of incidental spaces - when I'm traveling on the Tube or on a… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
“Real mystery - the very reason to read (and certainly write) any book - was to them a thing to dismantle, distill… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Sentences I never thought I would write. (1) That John Prescott certainly has a way with the ladies. (2) Give it to… — Martin Samuel Copy Share Image
“Our business is communication oftentimes through the medium of stories but our capacity has a far greater scope - to entertain certainly,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image