Writing Quotes · Page 644

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

— Jose Saramago

“Writers are nothing more than borderline schizophrenics who are able to control the voices.”

— Jennifer Salaiz

I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.

— Eugene H. Peterson

If I ever write the story of my life, don't be suprised if you where it begins.

— Anonymous

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”

— Beverly Cleary

I'm usually writing about survival. I never planned it, but it runs through all my books.

— Mark Kurlansky

I'm a Macintosh nut. I got my PowerBook, so if I'm not writing jokes, I'm working on that.

— Jeff Dunham

I don't like travelling if I know I have to write about it.

— David Sedaris

When I'm most deeply involved in my writing, sometimes I do dream about poetry, and occasionally I wake up from a dream…

— James Arthur

“You know your a survivor, a strong fighter, because you’re here in this moment. You must believe in your strength and courage…

— Jawedquotes

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

— Robertson Davies

Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France…

— Nadine Gordimer

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will…

— Tracy Kidder

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...

— Josip Novakovich

I mainly wanted non-english writing poets, because I loved the idea that I was translating translations.

— Simone Muench

My job is to look out on that world that I write about and be as honest as I possibly can about…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I'm writing out of desperation. I felt compelled to write to make sense of it to myself - so I don't end…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of…

— Richard Thompson

I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell…

— Miranda Lambert

Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it…

— Eric Weiner

I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and…

— Joseph Joubert

I don't want to name names because they'd be mad at me if I did, but people who are significant novelists can't…

— Tony Kushner

...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a…

— Maya Angelou

“To the people who insist they really do have a great idea but they just can't write, I'd say that given some…

— Iain Banks

“We write because we have to, not because we want to”

— Steve Berry

He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

— Anton Chekhov

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

— Terri Windling

“The best thing about being a writer is the joy of creating a story that’s never been told before.”

— Rae

Who knows what form storytelling will take in the future?

— Marc Randolph

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

— Dirk Benedict

writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!

— Mario Vargas Llosa

It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.

— Austin O'Malley

Don't imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.

— Roman Coppola

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.

— Amos Oz

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

— Adriana Trigiani

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

— Stephen Sondheim

If I'm not writing a thing, depression might be looming.

— Sarah Manguso

As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

— Taiye Selasi

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

— Denis Johnson

Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.

— Anthony Powell