Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured. — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
There's a voice when I write. I speak everything aloud. My family is so accustomed to me talking to myself that often… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
I think there's sort of an extra oomph with the younger people coming up. They're writing. They're communicating. They're sharing, and they… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
“so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos... So ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
At the end, we can embrace and love whatever we want of an author's work. But we also can't ignore a writer's… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Hemingway was very sparse in his writing. Kris Kristofferson is like that. He can take four words and say it all. — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
I really like writing heroes who aren't necessarily 'Hollywood handsome.' Personally, I think men who are self-confident, intelligent, and funny are outrageously… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll… — Teresa Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
“I quote Frank O’Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over.… — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
“That the writers of the Bible recognized a plurality of gods -- were polytheists -- is proved by the following 'And the… — John E. Remsburg Copy Share Image
At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
I wanted to capture time through how food and I were getting along at any given moment. That necessitated writing some dark… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who is in the publishing business knew I was writing a book, and he said, 'Have you said… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And… — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Write something and leave it aside so you've practically forgotten it as much as possible, a month or so, then come back… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
The way that I've always viewed my career, I always do what comes to me. I don't write forty songs per album,… — Rick DeJesus Copy Share Image
It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on… — Janette Turner Hospital Copy Share Image
I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the… — Boyd Holbrook Copy Share Image
Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read... and read again! — Robert Evans Copy Share Image
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Writing is really wonderful art. A lot of this is discovery. A lot of things are lying around waiting to be discovered… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
I don't even do anything in real life. I just sit in my studio and write, I call my friends, I watch… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more… — Padmasree Warrior Copy Share Image
When I get sent manuscripts from aspiring poets, I do one of two things: if there is no stamped self-addressed envelope, I… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
I knew Glenn Frey. He called me up in 1977 and told me The Eagles were looking for a bass player, preferably… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people. — Mike Davidson Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write - I find… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Words matter, particularly when you're writing a story that could significantly damage a person's or an organization's reputation. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
“You have to stop and freeze the moment," he told me I had told her. "You have to make yourself remember by… — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
