Writing Quotes · Page 64

Music is an important part of my writing process.

— Peter James

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

— Steven Brust

Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.

— Harper Lee

I write folky tunes, like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.

— Noah Reid

I don't control my writing - it controls me.

— Ray Bradbury

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

— Karen Kingsbury

Write like a motherfucker.

— Cheryl Strayed

I guess there are never enough books.

— John Steinbeck

When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind

— Natalie Goldberg

Good writing isn’t a science. It’s an art, and the horizon is infinite. You can always get better.

— David Foster Wallace

Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.

— James Wolcott

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread.”

— Janet Wallach

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

— John Banville

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

— Gloria Estefan

“But dear, don’t be afraid of love it’s only magic.”

— Anonymous

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has…

— Lisa Scottoline

With my writing partner, Sam Bain, I have gone on to write for lots of shows, including our co-creation 'Peep Show,' two…

— Jesse Armstrong

I don't usually think of my writing as a 'challenge' because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped…

— Melody Carlson

“If you write a half hour a day it makes a lot of writing year by year. To be sure all day…

— Mason Currey

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to…

— Ernest Gaines

“You are writing a Gospel, A chapter each day, By deeds that you do, By words that you say. Men read what…

— Paul Gilbert

Frank Sebastiano is a real write. He has two Emmys, one from 'SNL' and the other from 'The Chris Rock Show' .…

— Artie Lange

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to…

— Amy Hempel

I seem to have come out of the womb with existential angst and wasn't a happy kid, so I've been on a…

— Marci Shimoff

One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Developing projects of my own and producing and writing and directing is something that's very interesting to me, but you know, one…

— Tye Sheridan

For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of.…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“For a writer, it seems a help rather than a hindrance to be at least a little crazy. Who but a crazy…

— Leland Dirks

Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means…

— J. J. Abrams

Life is precious, so I ought to spend my days, you know, making sandwiches for homeless people and tending to the elderly…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Start [writing] as close to the end as possible.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I will never write fiction.

— Svetlana Alexievich

To me, making a CD is like writing a book.

— Johnny Van Zant

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Simple is the only way I can write.

— Don Gibson

All of my writing is God-given.

— Ray Bradbury

That moment when you don't know what to write

— Kendrick Cole

“Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt.”

— Rebecca Ross