A dancer dances.A writer writes. A singer sings. What do you do? Know thyself. — Tassel Daley Copy Share Image
On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing. — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.” — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically. — Troye Sivan Copy Share Image
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
There's innocence in a young mind, say 18 or 21, writing a script. But we have to acknowledge that they have to… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about… — William Safire Copy Share Image
Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
“When a writer uses his secret wounds as his starting point, he is, whether he is aware of it or not, putting… — Michael D. Jackson Copy Share Image
All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
What I wanted was to write a memoir that was immersive rather than reflective, to resurrect a long-gone version of my own… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
“I want my writings to inspire and awaken. I have no interest in spinning silly tales for money. I want to fish… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
I think that the dark side of MFA programs is that they're generating more poets than the culture can absorb and there… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I've only had a sit-down encounter with Robert once, and that one conversation was the best advice that I have gotten from… — K.Michelle Copy Share Image
Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better. — James Franco Copy Share Image
What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another. — Irving Thalberg Copy Share Image
Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American. — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up. — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
The importance to the world of what we scribblers write is in doubt, I would think. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
The writer's only real task: to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art — Anonymous Copy Share Image
