Writing Quotes · Page 624

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

— Hugh Prather

People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living.

— Robert A. Heinlein

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.

— Martina Navratilova

When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.

— Lena Dunham

I love being a writer in a medium where they have to ask you, 'Can I change this line?'

— Bruce Joel Rubin

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

— Carol Leifer

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

— Charles Bukowski

I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety.

— Linda Lael Miller

On opening sentences: "If in the first chapter a hurricane is going to blow down an oak tree which falls through the…

— James Thayer

It is almost impossible to write fiction about the Mormons, for the reason that Mormon institutions and Mormon society are so peculiar…

— Wallace Stegner

You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.

— Dan Auerbach

I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through…

— Ashley Monroe

President James Garfield could write in Latin with one hand while writing in Greek with the other. I would give my right…

— Jay Leno

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books…

— Scott Westerfeld

Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in…

— Debra Messing

I'm a visual person - when I write, my input is always visual. I worked in television for several years.

— Karen Traviss

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to…

— Laini Taylor

“The Power of Myth For screenwriting, Jon recommends The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler, which he used to determine if Swingers was…

— Timothy Ferriss

It's people stories that make good reading. I don't feel like I'm a sportswriter. I feel like I'm a guy who writes…

— Rick Reilly

I guess the hard part is more in the development stage when we're writing it. The logic is hard. You come up…

— Dean Israelite

The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little comfort to…

— William Saroyan

Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift…

— Julien Baker

It is easier for the reader to judge, by a thousand times, than for the writer to invent. The writer must summon…

— Fay Weldon

I really only write about inner landscapes and most people don't see them, because they see practically nothing within, because they think…

— Thomas Bernhard

I have written many works to accompany Old Church Slavonic texts.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.

— Mark Leibovich

My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in the dirt with a twig.

— Alice Walker

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient.

— Myrtle Reed

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

— Susanna Clarke

Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.

— John Updike

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?

— Gilles Deleuze

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.

— J. K. Rowling

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

— Rita Mae Brown

How do you write women so well? I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.

— John Updike

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

— R. L. Stine

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

— Henrik Ibsen

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

— Norman MacCaig

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

— G. H. Hardy

In order to be a writer, first you must become an alive dead spirit.

— William C. Brown