I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I was bored by going to Mommy and Me, and I certainly didn't want to write about it. — Jessica St. Clair Copy Share Image
Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Art Gropes. It stalks like a hunter lost in the woods, listening to itself and to everything around it, unsure of itself,… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that. — Michael Tolkin Copy Share Image
When I was painting, I was painting stories I was telling myself. When I look back at it, moving to writing was… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing,… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to. — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they need to learn… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim… — Ezra Jack Keats Copy Share Image
“The thought of the novelist that matters most is the thought that makes him a novelist. The thought of the novelist lies… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I am blind. I am also a stand-up comedian and actor who has benefited from the desire of a very small number… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“I write a lot because I don't talk much. If I don't write, I'll talk much.” — Nurina Izzati Copy Share Image
“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
But those who cannot write, and those who can, All rhyme, and scrawl, and scribble, to a man. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
I'm making records, my fans they can't wait. They write me letters, tell me I'm great. — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
Writing a biography is not a love affair. It’s not a marriage. It’s a job, it’s a piece of work. — Hermione Lee Copy Share Image
I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them. — Delta Goodrem Copy Share Image
