I would like to write my next book about what happened to critical intelligence in America and how it's been undermined by… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Writing-wise, I like to have a lot of things on the burners at once, because when I hit a wall, I like… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying… — Henry Reed Copy Share Image
It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for - Oh! You Pretty Things ” — David Bowie Copy Share Image
In polite society, there is such a thing as sensitivity to some issues, as time has gone on. There was a time… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
A part of me looks at life from a dismal perspective, not unlike Woody Allen and Larry David. But I don't want… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
In the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
The book was just something that came along after we played the Super Bowl and I wrote a little essay that went… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Now that I'm almost forty, I look back at some of the decisions I made when I was younger - decisions that… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
One writes out of one thing only--one's own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me. — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“It really is torture to sit around the house and write all day. I’m thinking it might motivate me to finish the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Only by examining our personal biases can we grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we grow as people.” — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
I've been writing stories all my life. My very first story had two little black girls riding horses. They were both me,… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
As I was not a good singer - I have started to sing. And because no one could write an appropriate song… — Verka Serduchka Copy Share Image
I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about. — Jack Higgins Copy Share Image
When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and… — Geraldine Solon Copy Share Image
I was just dreaming, and if, if I'd written the book and nobody wanted it, I would have put it in the… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
It's curious that apart from the baroque ranting, 'Sarah & Duck' is very similar to 'The Thick Of It' - great characters,… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
If I'm obsessing over an idea, it could be Christmas Day and I'll disappear and go and think about it for ages,… — Richard Bacon Copy Share Image
You never meet the writer when you're making a TV movie in America - they're too ashamed to show up and see… — Joe Don Baker Copy Share Image
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
On 'About Time' there were about three times I had a co-writer with me. The rest of them was me, I wrote… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously. — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
