Writing Quotes · Page 496

I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

— Richard Thompson

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

— Robert Benchley

Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.

— Spike Jonze

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

— Cynthia Ozick

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I love photography. I like to write. I like coaching. I've made jewelry. I'm very creative.

— Diandra Asbaty

Writing is magic because it harnesses the energy generated by the chaos within.

— Linda Gray

I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to…

— Maurice Sendak

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just…

— Jonathan Dee

When I was younger, I didn't like shooting part, because I was more of a writer and didn't like being the center…

— Hannes Holm

Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without…

— Ned Beauman

“Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come…

— Ted Kooser

A sense of play is important when I'm writing, and so messing around with, say, a magic routine can feel like play,…

— Laura van den Berg

All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very…

— Tanya Huff

Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day.…

— Will Self

I had no agenda in writing this play except expressing myself. . . . It later occurred to me that I was…

— Mart Crowley

In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh;…

— Charles Horton Cooley

When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I used to love to come to the ballpark. Now I hate it. Every day becomes a little tougher because of all…

— Hank Aaron

“Due allowance being made for the sounds of the language, writing aloud is not phonological but phonetic; its aim is not the…

— Roland Barthes

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took…

— John Tiffany

Some sounds are coming from the keyboard and they are very important in the writing process, but on the other hand, we…

— Nicolas Godin

Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.

— Tupac Shakur

He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write.

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.

— Julie Delpy

The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.

— Richard Peck

I've always really enjoyed writing different things because I get bored very easily.

— Mark Haddon

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

— Oscar Wilde

“There are many chaotic paths to success in the world of writing.”

— Madeline Iva

A picture can say 1000 words but it can also inspire you to write 1000 more.

— Jason Mraz

I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.

— S. E. Hinton

“If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write? Now, write that book.”

— M. Kirin

I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.

— Gail Honeyman

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

— Nadine Gordimer

“When writing, don't try to lead the story; let the story lead you.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

Steadily chasing the root of all evil after I've said a prayer..

— Raghib Clitso

“The freelance writer is one who is paid per piece, or per word, or perhaps.” – Peter Benchley”

— Gabriel Boutros