Writing Quotes · Page 452

I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.

— Michel Houellebecq

I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life.

— Patti Smith

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

— Natasha Bedingfield

When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

— John Prine

I did playwriting, creative writing, short story, novelization.

— Brook Lopez

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

— Markus Zusak

“With all honesty, somewhere between the hello and the dreams I saw you in I fell in love.”

— robert m drake

When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.

— Nawal El Saadawi

“I know writers like to think of themselves as bohemians,' he said, 'but that doesn't mean they can't behave like decent human…

— Gert Loveday

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won't be able to take a break from being a…

— Stephen Leigh

There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing…

— Moss Hart

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

— Courtney Barnett

I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible,…

— Dan Hill

Charlie Puth. I love his song writing style - modern but classic production style with catchy hooklines.

— Neha Bhasin

Reading is an exercise for learning how to write and vice versa. I have read myself into being a Christian, but I…

— Stanley Hauerwas

Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them in order that the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Please then, can we stop this obsession with the tiny minority of writers who have made a fortune from their work, and/or…

— Caroline Sanderson

Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks--…

— Henry Miller

Of course, it may be that the arts of writing and photography are antithetical. The hope and aim of a word-handler is…

— E. B. White

Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get…

— Janet Evanovich

When I start to write a song, I initially fall into patterns and creative habits that are familiar, and because they're familiar,…

— Nick Cave

“Solitary writers come out of nowhere and do not belong anywhere. They are not domesticated or socialized, not as writers. Their subject…

— Thomas Ligotti

You lose somebody you've possibly known for years and on top of that you lose a character that you love seeing on…

— Scott M. Gimple

We've always believed in investing in ourselves, so we work incredibly hard to ensure that our 'portfolio' and worth is connected to…

— Russell Mael

“You have to be in your middle thirties before you have anything worth saying.”

— Peter Bowen

I've been writing verses For 60 years...phew! And d'yer know why I did it? T'was especially for you

— John Walter Bratton

I am a writer who happens to use some tools of journalism.

— Svetlana Alexievich

“The sea sounded like a thousand secrets, all whispered at the same time.”

— Dionne Brand

I would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective.

— Edward Abbey

We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves.

— Sylvia Plath

The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.

— Raymond Chandler

“Don't Write What You Know; Write What You Care About -- Passionately!!”

— Carol Hightshoe

Theres so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

— Lucinda Williams

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.

— Robert Stone

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

— Cliff Martinez

Please use anger for something positive like hurting people that deserve it or writing jokes.

— Dov Davidoff

“Build it and they shall come, write it and they shall read .(me), but not the first bit though.”

— Karl Coates

I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper ...”

— John Geddes

There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.

— Fran Lebowitz