“I often say that reading and writing saved my life. I mean that quite literally.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I would write these novels about bullies in school: 'The Bullies: a Novel.' — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
At night, never go to bed without knowing what you'll write tomorrow. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it… — Charles Peguy Copy Share Image
Artists are perceptive, but they choose to write songs or make movies or paint pictures rather than simply keeping private diaries. — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
Creating is one thing; telling the story is one thing. I see myself more as a storyteller than a story creator. — S. S. Rajamouli Copy Share Image
In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings,… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort… — Harrison Salisbury Copy Share Image
The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth,… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct… — D.A. Botta Copy Share Image
If I'm writing by intuition, generally that calculation works itself out. But if I'm writing a mystery, and somebody has to have… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
It's important to remind kids who obviously love writing and creating, that's it's going to be the most important part of what… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
“Creators of literary fairy tales from the 17th-century onward include writers whose works are still widely read today: Charles Perrault (17th-century France),… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
My fear is you have to be careful as a writer to not get caught up in social media and blogging, because… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
There's also a lot of stuff that's not really good that gets written so I say to people who are excited about… — Josh Prince Copy Share Image
I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I only worked on that one movie, but then quickly realized that the path of being an assistant director was not gonna… — Suzanne Todd Copy Share Image
I had real concerns about the relationship between nature and culture and places I wanted to write about... I thought, well, maybe… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right. — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like I'm writing pornography in the notebook of the gods.” — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Sociological prose is generally written without images in an exact form for an academic audience. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
I'm not in the practice commonly of writing checks just for the fun of writing them. — Philip Anschutz Copy Share Image
It's not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We writers - we're the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Man thinks first before he writes to build; Nature writes first before she designs to create” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today. — R. A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
Books are peculiar. When you write one, you also have to find things that make headlines. — Luca Toni Copy Share Image
When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
As against having beautiful workshops, studies, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day. — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
