All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which… — Charles Bartlett Johnson Copy Share Image
When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true.… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
I tend to write two stories every day, five days a week. It's a real grind. But it also allows me to… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
I felt grateful to Ataturk that my parents were so well educated, that they weren't held back by superstition or religion, that… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“1. Write every day 2. Write what interests you. 3. Write for the child inside of you. (Or the adult, if you… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part.… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the… — Linda Darling-Hammond Copy Share Image
I texted one of the writers I said, 'I have this crazy idea, I think I have to play Fran Lebowitz on… — Bowen Yang Copy Share Image
Get in the habit of writing down three things you're grateful for every day. Studies show that in a two-minute span of… — Amy Chan Copy Share Image
“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty… — Reed Farrel Coleman Copy Share Image
By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t really a journal. I tried keeping a journal, but it would always be one long entry filling the first seven… — Charlotte Leonetti Copy Share Image
When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I write things that I love I write things that I hate but the problem with what I write is I poorly… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Read the sacred writings of all the peoples on Earth. Through all of them runs, like a red thread, the hidden Science… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it. — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Reviewing books is all about coziness. It is all of it a kind of caucus race. Women review women, Jewish writers review… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Of course, life experience changes and adds to writing. And observations change too, where you put yourself in relation to other people. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
I remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Weirdly the writing experience has not really changed that much except it used to be that I was busy because I had… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm a binge writer. I work in the music business fulltime, in artist management and developing songwriters and recording artists, and so… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will… — Richard Wiseman Copy Share Image
Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later will write or… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do… — Angela Yee Copy Share Image
Scientifically, information is a choice - a yes-or-no choice. In a broader sense, information is everything that informs our world - writing,… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
