Writing Quotes · Page 473

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris

“Outlining, in short, is not merely a way of organizing ideas but is also a way of getting ideas.”

— Sylvan Barnet

“You cannot write to save your soul. given up it drifts and does the singing.”

— Marie Luise Kaschnitz

It's good to talk...its better if you have it in writing.

— Robert D Dangoor

Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.

— Tom Robbins

I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.

— Mike White

Scientists do what writers do. They also live with an active interiority, only the ongoing speculation in their heads is about relations…

— Vivian Gornick

People say, 'You're like Dickens', but I'm not like Dickens. Zadie Smith is a Dickensian writer because she's writing about society now,…

— Sarah Waters

Writing is not "the establishment of a professional reputation" as if one were a doctor or lawyer; it is not properly in…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them.

— Joni Mitchell

If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.

— V. S. Naipaul

I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.

— Patti Smith

I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need…

— Hunter Hayes

Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things,…

— Marc Almond

[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything…

— Woody Allen

Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they…

— Guy Clark

One can't write a weird story of real power without perfect psychological detachment from the human scene, and a magic prism of…

— H. P. Lovecraft

In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough,…

— David Mamet

And I have the support of the writers: I have a great relationship with the creative team, and they have a good…

— Trish Stratus

I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where…

— Paul Simon

Animation tends to have several different writers who serve different functions. I think, on a lot of animated features, there are a…

— Kelly Asbury

I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're…

— Stephen R. Bissette

I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself.

— Reinhold Messner

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

— John Dufresne

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

— Kristin Hersh

I cannot write in isolation. I write with people around me.

— Ravi Subramanian

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

— Ashwin Sanghi

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

— Dean Koontz

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

— Kurt Vonnegut

Priyadarshan makes good films because he is a good writer.

— Mohanlal

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

— Reeve Carney

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

— Needa Muy

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

— robert m drake

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

— Kris Allen

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

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

— Toni Morrison

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

— David Frum