Writing Quotes · Page 561

I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.

— W. Somerset Maugham

I think that if you can butter writers up enough, they might give you a little.

— Kristen Bell

“If loving the written word is wrong...I don't want to be right!”

— Junnita Jackson

If I can write everything out plainly, perhaps I will myself understand better what has happened.

— Sherwood Anderson

Sometimes I sit down and write, but I can write in my head line by line.

— Kodie Shane

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

— William S. Burroughs

A good essay is 10% inspiration, 15% perspiration, and 75% desperation.

— Anonymous

Writers don't have lifestyles. They just sit in little rooms and write.

— Norman Mailer

I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm…

— John Densmore

As for my next book, I won't write it till it has grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant,…

— Virginia Woolf

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their…

— Randy Alcorn

Just a reminder, if you tell anyone about what happened with Jonah last night, I'll destroy all of my writing and never…

— Bob Dylan

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made…

— Norman Mailer

“writers are like gods in their own little universes, constantly weaving lives, worlds, people, relationships and conflicts into existence.”

— Yefon Isabelle

I don't have one favourite spot - I love writing anywhere that I feel inspired. I have to admit that I do…

— Ella Woodward

[Margot Hentoff] stopped [writing]. She decided that she had nothing more to say. And yet, every day, she has a whole lot…

— Nat Hentoff

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I…

— Campbell Scott

There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer…

— Ruth Ozeki

[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing,…

— Michael Dirda

“I told you.. whenever I'm afraid to write, I still do it. It's like going to a place that you've never been.…

— Alexina Benavidez

Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or…

— Leni Zumas

I think Walt Whitman went to the help wanted section and found a squib that said "Wanted: National Poet." And he was…

— Allan Gurganus

Being a mother is the perfect experience for any writer. You learn how to not waste time. The writing hours become incredibly…

— Chiara Barzini

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by…

— Paul Kane

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West.

— Caroline Lawrence

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

— Anonymous

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

— Jack Kerouac

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

— Anonymous

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

— Joss Whedon

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

— Sherman Alexie

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

— Cecelia Ahern

This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.

— Elie Wiesel

I want to write a script, but before that, I am planning to compile a book of short stories.

— Mouni Roy

Don't worry whether or not I am now happy. Today is only chapter one, we have yet to write a book.

— Lois Wyse

“I love to write fun, flirty romances that make you smile.”

— Louise Rose-Innes

Nutty people are always writing me. I always think I must be on some nutty mailing list.

— Andy Warhol

I'm not fighting any causes. I'm black, everybody can see that, but I am a storyteller for the masses.

— Jackie Torrence

“All great writers have issues with their hometowns; guess I'm not the exception.”

— Chris Colfer

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

— Katy Lederer

I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.

— Jeanette Winterson