“Do you suffer when you write? I don't at all. Suffer like a bastard when don't write, or just before, and feel… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small… — George Woodcock Copy Share Image
I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. She thought a writer should work harder writing a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry… — Damien Rice Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
It's pretty cool that artists like Flo Rida and Bingo Players can be inspired to interpret a song like 'Piano in the… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
'Lovelace' was really great. I got to work with the wonderful Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria and Peter Sarsgaard, so it can't get… — Cory Hardrict Copy Share Image
For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Whether it's a song you write or a television show or a movie or professional wrestling, there are three components to IP… — Jeff Jarrett Copy Share Image
Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
The best books come from someplace deep inside… Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Young people ask why I became a writer, as if it were something I decided. I didn't decide; it grew on me… — M.V. Carey Copy Share Image
To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do. — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances,… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Radio is better than writing because they can't lie. Cause sometimes writers be straight lying, bro, and these headlines be making me… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
I was very disciplined when home - lights out for the girls at 9:00, two hours of writing for me. It was… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
“I like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.” — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
Once the travel guide came out and won an award, once I got an MFA in creative writing, once I sold my… — James Bernard Frost Copy Share Image
I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations. — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It's always good to get good reviews. I read my reviews. There are a lot of writers who don't read their reviews… — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
If I'm asking people to give me two hours of their time, it's because I really feel like they need to listen… — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
“Always keep in mind that writer/ author is the another name of storm. So it can run in any medium with his… — pranita deshpande Copy Share Image
I only write when I'm in a dark place. I hit 'record' and get it out, writing and playing my guitar at… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
There are a lot of male directors who are directing female-driven pieces. I think that its good to get the girl's point… — Jerusha Hess Copy Share Image
When Sonic Youth writes music, we write everything in a very communal way. It doesn't matter who brought something in initially; it… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.' — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Hemingway, whenever he was stuck in his writing, would tell himself to write one true thing. A true sentence. Then, he would… — Kamal Ravikant Copy Share Image
I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I try and relate my writing to something I know about, and I had a primary experience of being in a competitive,… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
![“Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."” quote by Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_black-child-poverty-is-higher-as-i-write_2034866.jpg)
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