The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise. — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
People called me Cilla when I was little because I was always singing and writing poems. — Nicola Roberts Copy Share Image
I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK Computer. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In the TV business, you've got to write fast, and someone will tell you, 'Can you rewrite this episode before... 6 P.M.?'… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Howard's enchanting Hospice obeys its own magical inner logic with excellent prose and a sadness that will split open hearts. You have… — Deb Olin Unferth Copy Share Image
So many people had been asking me to write an autobiography, or threatening to write my biography without any input from me,… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
After my dismissal, I received nothing in writing from Cricket Australia, no contact, and no payment at all, not even of my… — Mickey Arthur Copy Share Image
I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Writing is incredibly hard. But I want to do it. That said, I make it the top priority in every day, which… — Lucy Jane Bledsoe Copy Share Image
“When we as writers take our fears, beliefs, imaginations, and research and offer them up for the Lord to use, we are… — Amy Wallace Copy Share Image
Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem.… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Never let something you want to happen in a story tie the hands of your characters and especially not your villain. If… — Alex Woolfson Copy Share Image
I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours. — John Hope Copy Share Image
“Please forgive the long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Writing is like breathing -- it is necessary for my survival.” — Michelle C. Hillstrom Copy Share Image
I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director. — Karthi Copy Share Image
I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'm not saying it never occurred to me to want to write a masterpiece, but I really doubt I could. — Lucy Hawking Copy Share Image
When you write as an artist, you just tell a story and people say it addresses issues. — John Kani Copy Share Image
“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image