“You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“By its very nature, a writer’s mind is a monkey mind — and meditation, alas, kills the monkey.” — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Sesungguhnya, penulis yang bersemangat jauh lebih menjanjikan daripada penulis yang berbakat.” — M. Fauzil Adhim Copy Share Image
Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I do get a little pissed at people who write me and want me to do things, and spell my name wrong. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If you've written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a 'feminine' image on the cover, it 'types'… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Maybe I should have seen the signs. I should have read the writing on the wall and realized by the distance in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Storytelling draws on the magic of language to created Elsewheres. Writers use a linguistic sleight-of-hand to take an attribute, attach them to… — Maria Tatar Copy Share Image
“Good writing is like music. It has its distinctive rhythm, its pace, flow, cadence. It can be hummed. The great stylists seem… — Leonard Ray Teel Copy Share Image
I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
With writing a song, I've always felt, right from the start, like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don't ever… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
What's more interesting are the dynamics between people that involve hypocrisy or ignoring each other. That's what I want to write about.… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this… — Leisha Hailey Copy Share Image
read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
I often get attacked in Saudi Arabia, but the critics don't ridicule my ideas. There were about 30 or 40 articles attacking… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I can pretty much spend an entire week talking about how the writing process works, to be honest! It can really vary… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
I spend 60 hours a week on my business but I don't work for a minute. Work is hard. But what I… — Carmine Gallo Copy Share Image
“The modern writer (scriptor) is born simultaneously with his text; he is in no way supplied with a being which precedes or… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“To fly/steal is woman’s gesture, to steal into language to make it fly.” — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“Writing at its best is simply taking dictation from your soul.” — Catherine Carrigan Copy Share Image
“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.” — Khaled Talib Copy Share Image
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good. — Mercedes Ruehl Copy Share Image
My passion for writing cookbooks really came from my love of collecting cookbooks. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
