By the time you have perfected any style of writing, you have always outgrown it. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write. — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books… — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book;… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I don't mind if what they write about me has some truth in it. Pure imagination makes me feel sad about the… — Shaheer Sheikh Copy Share Image
I never plan. I never know what the next page is going to be… But that's the fun of writing a novel… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Do you know anything about fashion magazines? Being treated like superficial bimbos by men like you, and having to write about designer… — Suh Jung Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I'm an expert at killing time on planes now. I do a lot of reading. My secret sort of nerdy side is… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
You would have to be very optimistic to think that any of your books will be among the books that survive in… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“The two keys to success as a sportswriter are: 1) A blind willingness to believe anything you're told by the coaches, flacks,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
A lot of my writing comes from the themes of my life, and a lot of that stems from my faith. I… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“We shared ideas like sweaters, with easy exchange and lack of ownership.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
What works for eating and swimming might work for reading and writing. — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,” — James Thompson Copy Share Image
I often have to write a hundred pages or more before there's a paragraph that's alive. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think. — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
“What would Jesus do with this gift of writing, this God-given love of writing? What would He write?” — Cathy Gohlke Copy Share Image
My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television. — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In my head, when the gales are riding wild, I steer towards catastrophe then write about it.” — Robin Robertson Copy Share Image
