Writing Quotes · Page 486

We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.

— David Foster Wallace

When we share - that is poetry in the prose of life.

— Sigmund Freud

I could never write. I would just be too lonely. What's great about acting is, it's so collaborative.

— Rachel Weisz

“He admired writers whose own stories were as interesting as the ones they wrote.”

— Adam Langer

“The smallest effort to win means, at the end of each day, a sort of victory.”

— Ray Bradbury

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx

I used to want to be a writer or a painter, although I couldn't paint very well.

— Jisoo

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

— Salman Rushdie

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write.…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't…

— Flannery O'Connor

I began to write what I called 'rhythms' ie unrhymed pieces with no formal metrical scheme where the rhythm was created by…

— Richard Aldington

I don't think any Writer/Author wrote something to be famous, He just have shared his feelings, What makes him famous is the…

— Nishan Panwar

This (writing) is the love of your life. It's what I want to do when I wake up. Nothing feels so absorbing,…

— Martin Amis

The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about…

— Anonymous

Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write…

— Taylor Swift

Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases…

— Agnes Repplier

The music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for…

— Smokey Robinson

But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a…

— Daniel Pennac

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing…

— Diane Wakoski

Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse…

— Vikram Seth

The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your…

— Colm Toibin

“Bringing the workbook to publication also meant an ending. An ending of many days and hours of interaction with Tyrone. I knew…

— Paula Heller Garland

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just…

— Justin Townes Earle

Brit Marling smartest girl I've ever met. Hands down. Brilliant. Her story? She had a graduate degree from a top tier school…

— Billy Magnussen

When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.

— Valerie June

“Writing is like painting a painting. Layer over layer over layer.”

— Kevin James Breaux

“veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David”

— Lee Child

If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.

— Jonathan Alter

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

— Joni Mitchell

“Writing. Opening a vein in your wrist with a spoon.”

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.

— Carly Rae Jepsen

I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.

— Shantel VanSanten

For a creative writer possession of the ruth is less important than emotional sincerity.

— George Orwell

Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams.

— Steven Knight

When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.

— Dolley Madison

I like reading and writing, and I am a trained classical dancer.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Footnotes -- little dogs yapping at the heels of the text

— William James

I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun.

— Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza

I've had one experience of writer's block in my life, and it was living hell. It was a terror for me.

— Athol Fugard

I majored in English with a specialization in creative writing along with Asian American Studies.

— Randall Park