Writing Quotes · Page 72

Everything changes as it is written down.

— Mason Cooley

We read often with as much talent as we write.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The best writing is when one writes from the soul”

— Ndiritu Wahome

I have a lot of books I want to write.

— Douglas Brinkley

“The only way to learn to write is to write.”

— Peggy Teeters

Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.

— Flannery O'Connor

“Bookshops are at the coalface of our industry.”

— Sara Sheridan

I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.

— Rod Serling

I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.

— H. P. Lovecraft

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

— Rod Serling

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech.

— Dan S Kennedy

Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I just wanna write about what I am living as a citizen. That's all.

— Jain

“If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.”

— Mark Rubinstein

Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.

— Anonymous

It's hard to describe the work of the British-born Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley without somewhat misrepresenting it.

— Stephen McCauley

Besides the soothing effect it has, I think my favorite part of writing is being able to use my imagination and creativity…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

Somebody would say, 'Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?' And I'd say, 'Yes, of course,' because…

— Neil Gaiman

“God is a hack,” he said. “He’s a writer on an awful science fiction television show, and He can’t plot His way…

— John Scalzi

Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather…

— John Updike

I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very…

— Judd Apatow

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God,…

— John Woolman

I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a…

— Sefi Atta

“I love the way folktale and fantasy tap into the roots of story telling. The paradox, for me, is that by moving…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, life is hell." Nothing led up…

— J.D. Salinger

Actually, zero labels were jumping toward me, and I couldn't get to anybody. Nobody was paying any attention. And I was like,…

— Gabby Barrett

“She gave her a reason to write her own words, to see that words had also brought her to life. "Don't punish…

— Markus Zusak

Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches…

— Irenaeus of Lyons

When people in my generation started to write, we did not actually have much of a movie industry, much of a theater…

— Margaret Atwood

Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of…

— Kathleen Norris

“Fairy tales are rife with transformation — from beast to handsome prince, from dirty scullery maid to well-dressed princess. It is perhaps…

— Marie Rutkoski

“Because. Everything worth anything takes time.”

— Christy Hall

“Imagination is what you do with your inspiration.”

— Violet Haberdasher

I just like to write and then perform.

— Bo Burnham

I like to write about wherever I happen to be.

— Woody Guthrie

My compositions deserve the medal, not me.

— Elliot T Carter

“Reading and writing go hand in hand.”

— Sylvia Melvin

Each day that I don't write I get more fragmented.

— Erica Jong

“Reading is fun: Writing is funner!”

— Wayne Croning