Writing Quotes · Page 62

I truly appreciate this post. Keep writing.

— Cheap

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

— Eric Hoffer

If I'm not acting, I'm writing.

— Brett Goldstein

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

— Elia Kazan

I treat writing like a nine to five job.

— Dawn O'Porter

I love reading almost as much as I love writing.

— Karin Slaughter

“You can only write well ,what you have lived.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

— Shawn Mendes

“Second, writing is survival. Any art, any good work, of course, is that.”

— Ray Bradbury

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

— Bill Viola

Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people.

— Bruce Feiler

“[the writer] must copy, with his finite mind, the process of the infinite 'I AM.”

— John Gardner

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

— Octavia Butler

I never want to see anyone, and I never want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to write.

— P. G. Wodehouse

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

— Ernest Renan

So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.

— Natalie Goldberg

I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me,…

— Greg van Eekhout

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers…

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm slow by nature; even if I write something fast, I'll let it sit for a month and hem and haw over…

— Chris Thile

It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm…

— Kathleen Hanna

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

— James Robertson

TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.

— Charles Kuralt

That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk.

— Theodora Goss

Writing that's native to the web is different in ways that are crucial but subtle enough that you can miss them if…

— Jacob Weisberg

There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted…

— Joss Whedon

A lot of young girls don't realise how diverse the career opportunities are in games development. Many think that you need elite…

— Rhianna Pratchett

If you have all the research, all the ground rules, all the directives, all the data - it doesn't mean the ad…

— David Ogilvy

So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.…

— Morgan Parker

I think one of the great joys of being a writer is you can transcend everything, even your own sex, what century…

— Rebecca Miller

I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am…

— Lois Lowry

The only reason I do anything is that I just love writing songs. If I write songs, I feel good about it…

— Ryan Jarman

“I can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes…

— A.J. Jacobs

“There's a book in you that only you can write.”

— Chris Baty

People who say they read more write better.

— Stephen D. Krashen

Beware of advice-even this.

— Carl Sandburg

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

— Anonymous

Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand.

— Rita Dove

It was either write or die for me.

— Michael Hastings

All that is in the heart is written on the face.

— Anonymous

Most of what I write is comedy.

— Patrick Marber