It's not hard to create a song, but to write a song that's really going affect somebody? That takes a hell of… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Most of my life is just spent lying in bed. I mean, it's enough pressure to write the words. Do I need… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to write, that much is clear, and to write in a way quite unlike any way which I have… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
At most, I may write when I am disturbed by something. I have recently discovered the pleasure of finding written answers to… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I'm always struck with writing - I constantly feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I'm starting over. — Ali Liebegott Copy Share Image
I did theater for a few years while I was in New York, but it was tough having to perform scripts worse… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
You know how you have that one thing you would do even if you're not getting paid to do it? That's what… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
The books that I'm writing, you can write them only when you're amongst your people. You're not going to find it on… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
“I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“By applying their observational abilities along with full appliance of their logic and creative powers, writers attempt to create mental maps to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start - the way a map that shows… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot… — Bruce Holland Rogers Copy Share Image
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
The trouble is, I can't find a part of myself where you're not important. I write in order to be worth your… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed. — Anne Clark Copy Share Image
I believe writers should be able to write about anything - anything - but there is also a sense in which your… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when writers moan about what film-makers might do or have done to their books. There's a very simple… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
One thing I liked about 'Silver Bell' is that I barely knew how to play in the tuning I was writing in,… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I do make a concscious effort to be genuine among other comedians. If I write something or try something that doesn't feel… — Brent Weinbach Copy Share Image
I am something of a ham. Yeah, I'd always been a writer. But in high school, I acted in plays. So it… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
In 2007, I probably wrote four screenplays in the entire year. Every three months I was writing a screenplay. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence. — James Frey Copy Share Image
“Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws.” — Elizabeth Isaacs Copy Share Image
I drank some coffee and my outlook improved immensely. I was ready to write some poems and, I don’t know, get drunk,… — Michelle Tea Copy Share Image
“My goal is not to have everlasting fame, it is simply to write the stories that are asking me to write them… — Elizabeth Hernandez Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing. — E. L. James Copy Share Image
Whether I serve one or two terms in the Presidency, I will find myself at the end of that period at what… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O.… — George Singleton Copy Share Image
It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
“It isn’t much, but it allows the writer a place of reflection, a place to discuss anything with nobody.” — Forbes West Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like when I write a book it's not my job to police or guide the readers. The book and… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
