I don't write toward a genre, and I try not to make claim to a genre after a book is published. That… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
“No one ever gave his life to translate and preserve the writings of Virgil or Homer. But many have dedicated their lives… — Larry Stone Copy Share Image
People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like dating. It's exciting. It's dreamy. And after four years, I just want to end it.” — Carole Radziwill Copy Share Image
With the film, you have a bunch of executive producers, directors, writers, scripts. There's, management, lighting, the union and etc. There are… — Ashanti Copy Share Image
I was a writer. I couldn't sell anything, and the comedians were among the dumbest people I had ever met. They'd all… — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Poems are not easy to start, and they're not easy to finish. There's a great pleasure in - I wouldn't say ease,… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be,… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do.… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
I'd never put much thought into writing an autobiography before, because while I have this public persona of being extremely confident, I… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William,… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
When I write, I'm talking to myself constantly to make sure that it sounds OK; it has kind of a nice rhythm… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
There's a lot of effort expended once you begin to completely trash your life. Sometimes, writing feels like this to me. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“The truth is I didn’t need therapy; I just needed to feel loved and know that someone out there craved my attention.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
To me, the best writing points to something literal or common but is also nuanced: The moment when somebody is telling you… — Kelela Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, the music that I'm writing now is probably some of the most cutting edge we've ever done. The… — Charlie Daniels Copy Share Image
I've always said at the beginning of every single season of the show when I was running the show in the writers'… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“I’d like to write a screenplay about my grandpa, and I’d like my future grandson to play the part. Talk about a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
You're just playing the songs over and over again and you maybe lose sight of the writing side of you. You're not… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
“Poor kid, I thought, to do this to yourself at twenty-three and leave a note that tells me you could have been… — Roger Kahn Copy Share Image
I've tried writing on a computer thinking it would make me more efficient, but if you're writing crummy stuff, being efficient is… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Harvard meant a lot in my writing life from the beginning, even though I didnt actually do much composition on the spot. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“Young writers often suppose that style is a garnish for the meat of prose, a sauce by which a dull dish is… — William Strunk Jr. E.B. White Copy Share Image
Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
The man who writes for hire has an obligation, if only to himself, to keep an open mind and to absorb new… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If you're still wondering about details - how am I going to get these two to meet, or whatever - when you're… — John Irving Copy Share Image
