Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Ir you're a writer, reading is part of your job description. ~ Mark Rubinstein” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought! — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Novels seem to me to be richer, broader, deeper, more enjoyable than poems. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
The things about my childhood that I really loved the most, writing about those things was hard because I knew they would… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
For me writing isn't a mental exercise, it's barely even a literary exercise, it feels like a spiritual experience. — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving… — Jody Watley Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
With time some poems just fall by the wayside. Other poems get better over time with revision, revision, revision. My ladybug poem… — Douglas Florian Copy Share Image
When I'm really plugged in I find it difficult to write. It's like digging a well. If you make a void, something… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Whether in peaceful trade or warlike attack, the sea unites more than it divides. Even if it were possible to treat England,… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
When I think of the things that I want to write, I can never say them out loud because I know how… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I've never been a fearful person. When I was growing up, I wanted to be an actress, a writer, and a musician… — Krysten Ritter Copy Share Image
I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I do believe the world is a pretty sad, troubled, and violent place. Maybe that's why I focus on the trouble. Even… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
