I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
“I am living proof that dreams come true. I am an ordinary person leading an extraordinary life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would. — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
“Writing is easy: just stare at the screen of your computer until a tear drops on your keyboard.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
Things that I was writing for Wham! were a strong indication of what my future album would be like. But most people… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
In a lot of cases, writers discover that the novel needs to begin later in the action than they'd first thought. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I'm very much a word-centric writer, and that comes from the literature and the reading that I did as kid and also… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but… — Deborah Reber Copy Share Image
Is it easy for me to write from a female point of view? Yeah, I am a female. I'm a very sensitive… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
You spend most of your time as a director trying to move forward with the movie. It happens on a daily basis,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Some people say, 'Well you're a man; how do you write about women or girls when you don't know about them?' Well,… — Makoto Shinkai Copy Share Image
Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of… — Saul David Copy Share Image
I have read many definitions of what is a conservationist, and written not a few myself, but I suspect that the best… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind. — William Beckett Copy Share Image
When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose. — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. — David Antin Copy Share Image
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
“In art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read. — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along. — Harry Stack Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Do not write for money nor for fame, if you must write then write to be immortal” — Colin W. Hill Copy Share Image
At least I hope - that the fiction I've written so far has flaws but has mostly been successful. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
