Writing Quotes · Page 596

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.

— Jeff Kinney

In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write.

— Quentin S. Crisp

“I'm not an aspiring writer; I'm a writer aspiring to be read.”

— D.L. Marriott

I had this knack of writing opening lines to my tunes. This helped in making an instant impression.

— Anu Malik

It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears?

— Anonymous

Just do me a favor and keep writing such trenchant anyaelss, OK?

— Velvet

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

— Heather Mills

There is no sense in which Mohammed is viewed as a writer.

— D. A. Carson

I wanted to write a book that maybe had the potential to go beyond the Deadspin and KSK [Kissing Suzy Kolber] readership.

— Drew Magary

I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third…

— Jose Saramago

In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young…

— Ruskin Bond

I've spent most of my life trying to wear a persona that didn't quite fit and when I started writing books, it…

— Meg Rosoff

Everytime I read a script now, I am able to imagine my character in multiple ways, which I present to the director…

— Pratik Gandhi

“Whoever wishes to rise above the common level must be prepared for a great struggle and recoil before no obstacle. A great…

— Honoré de Balzac

I am not a big artist myself. I am, I guess, a somewhat successful songwriter now, but I think that my value…

— Tobias Forge

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was…

— Chino Moreno

“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and…

— Alok Mishra

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio…

— Frank Ocean

Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been…

— Martin Amis

I used to think that if I had a choice between writing well and living well, I would choose the former. But…

— Nicole Krauss

I have a problem with writer/directors, personal. I can't work well with both of them on the set, if both of them…

— Morgan Freeman

When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house…

— Bruce Robinson

But I think for me, writing poetry when I was younger really helped me to condense an idea or a story into…

— Arlo Parks

When I devoted myself to poetry - and poetry is a very serious medium - I don't think the people that knew…

— Ana Castillo

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Cousin‟s Wife. Moses must have forgotten to write that one down

— Julia Quinn

The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.

— Randall Jarrell

Writing is one of the easiest things: erasing is one of the hardest.

— Yisroel Salanter

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.

— Ian Hunter

There must be times when everybody writes when they feel they're evading writing.

— Joan Didion

If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word.

— Margaret Atwood

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

— Lucy Larcom

“Maybe all that we are is what people expect us to be.”

— robert m drake

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

— Joni Mitchell

“It’s fate, Anne. Written in the stars. Leave it the fuck alone.”

— Kylie Scott

If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.

— Paul Fussell

Look, I'd take a suggestion from my grandmother if I thought it would improve a film I was writing.

— Ol Parker

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

— Anonymous

“[W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying?”

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

“I may have written this before, but I may not have written it as well, so I’ll write it again.”

— Jarod Kintz

If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn't have bothered to write them.

— Margaret Drabble