Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
The challenge of nonfiction is keeping the attention of a reader over span of time, and to keep the quality of the… — Ted Genoways Copy Share Image
Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you… — David Ives Copy Share Image
We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Actually, acting and hosting shows just happened on the way, and I will do it 'til it lasts and then concentrate on… — Shenaz Treasury Copy Share Image
Writing is finally a series of permissions you give yourself to be expressive in certain ways. To leap. To fly. To fail. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I say you ought to write out 10 outrageous goals that are bigger than you because your life isn't meaningful or important… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“I've never heard a writer feel that way about a device with a screen. Oh sure, they're functional, practical. We would be… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
You live and die two or three times making a movie. First, you write it, and the first pivotal moment comes when… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“The typical engineer is an a-cultural illiterate, unable to absorb or appreciate carefully written prose, equally unable to express himself well, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and… — Alexandra Sokoloff Copy Share Image
“People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“Though often scoffed at by “serious” writers, science fiction worms its way into our cultural psyche in interesting ways, and not just… — Frank Daniels III Copy Share Image
To be a good reporter, writing about war, you have to write about the people. It's not about the tanks or the… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
Write Something To Suit Yourself, Many People Will Like It… And Write Something To Suit Everybody, Scarcely Anyone Will Care For It. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren’t distracted by the… — R. K. Milholland Copy Share Image
I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Write to your newspaper. Call your Member of Congress. Email President Obama. Speak out for a cleaner, more stable future for all… — Frances Beinecke Copy Share Image
“These stories are my weapon. If I can write a book that grips someone by the heart and then opens their eyes… — Eric N. Bentley Copy Share Image
Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately,… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I wish I could write 'Taxi Driver,' or 'Blue Velvet,' something brave, audacious, dramatic and dark. I don't know if I have… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
Keep a record of every picture you paint, have them photographed and write down where they went. Some day, when one reaches… — Keith Shackleton Copy Share Image
I can only get to a certain point as I write and then I have individual conversations with everyone that I cast.… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
“He leaned against the writing desk and stayed there till nightfall, lost in sorrowful thoughts. After all, she had loved him.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“To live is to write a story. If you are a strong person, your life story will mostly be written by you;… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar… — Catie Curtis Copy Share Image
Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
If it is permissible to write plays that are not intended to be seen, I should like to see who can prevent… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“To write, I need to remember, but I write to forget. I drink to forget, then get nostalgic when I’m drunk.” — Shoshaku Jushaku Copy Share Image
“Where are they, the American fiction writers whose works are interested in the question “What do these people have to do with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The thing is I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be… — Leslie McIntyre Copy Share Image
I started to feel songwriting was pulling different pieces of my heart out - the more I started writing, the more there… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
“Dwight Swain, the great writing teacher, once said that the secret of excitement is to go deeper into your characters. Create more… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
