“Living life distracts from writing. Writing distracts from living life. Therein lies the conundrum.” — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from. — David Means Copy Share Image
“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.” — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day. — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
We have so much inspiration. It's everywhere... So I always have a pen with me and a laptop, and I write everything… — Bill Kaulitz Copy Share Image
I want to write poems that are natural, luminous, deep, spare. I dream of an art so transparent that you can look… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
“Imagination Is the 1st step to writing the sequel to your life. Dare to believe and you’re sure to receive.” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that's why I wanted to write about seventh grade. I'd say seventh grade is a time when kids are really… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
At a certain point in the writing of any book, you become absolutely certain that it's terrible and is only getting more… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
I never went out to make the music that people would like. I mean, I tried, because every teenager tries to do… — Freya Ridings Copy Share Image
I did a thing called 24 Hour Plays, a thing they do every year on Broadway. A bunch of playwrights and actors… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
There should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If there’s… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The writer's object should be to hold the reader's attention. I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“On Three Ways of Writing for Children”: When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“...at some point you need to stop looking out at others and start looking inward, at yourself, at your own accomplishments, at… — Scott F. Falkner Copy Share Image
