When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene. — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
I much prefer writing fiction. History books, for me, are very hard work, very serious. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.” — Dani Harper Copy Share Image
I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
World War II was a trauma that paralysed writers. It was something metaphysical, diabolical. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
I don't write about the intimate details of my cousins and aunts and uncles, and my mother and my father because it's… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
But I'm more of a recluse when it comes down to being a writer and being a creative person rather than being… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop:… — Abbie Cornish Copy Share Image
I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that… — Owen King Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to support myself without begging for handouts from the state. All of the writers I knew when… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
That's why I have to be a fiction writer, because I can't remember what just happened or where I went last week… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
“writing consists of thinking of a cool idea, making the promotional art and trailers and never write it” — me, a professional Copy Share Image
Actors, who invest a lot of time and energy, will never put down each other. Every one of us has their own… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
I think my one of my strengths in standup is my ability to adlib. I do all my best writing on stage.… — Henry Cho Copy Share Image
As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I would say there are different kinds of poems. There are things that poets in the history of poetry hit upon when… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Miley is always on, she’s always funny, she’s always writing songs, she’s always making music. The parallel of the film is like… — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I've thought many times, 'I can't write this,' but on my own little planet I found the courage to write it because… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put… — Jack McClelland Copy Share Image
I am always writing no matter what I am doing and no matter what it is for. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I've nothing against anyone following their dreams - but not if they're crap. — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The only thing I don't write is the guitar solos, but even then I might suggest one or two things. — Steve Harris Copy Share Image
“Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.” — Desi Puspitasari Copy Share Image
Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask. — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“Good a reason for writing as I know: releasing demons, letting them fly.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image