That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors! — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Truth be told, when you start your career out as a clown, you don't consider yourself a writer. — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Aussie actors and writers and crews, we really band together. Its like a family. — Madeleine Madden Copy Share Image
It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I spent a good part of the nineties roaming the Earth writing about conflict. It was very grueling. I was beginning to… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds. This is true. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“I write because one word can change your entire life, then again, why so serious? often times I write for entertainment or… — DeJuan Cuffee Copy Share Image
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
It's always hard for me to put the pieces together when listening to a finished album that I was a part of… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a… — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I'm excited about what technology is offering storytellers and movie- and TV-makers. — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
I love Joy Williams, Lorrie Moore: such great short-story writers. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
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