No man writes a book without meaning something, though he may not have the faculty of writing consequentially and expressing his meaning. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“He would give every penny he has (such is the malignity of the germ) to write one little book and become famous;… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I know have lived, so many times, that the only thing I have left to remember is my writing, cause every single… — Piroska Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Its impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself,… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
About the gnostic writers themselves and the setting in which they lived we know little, although gnostic Christians were influential enough to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes. — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
I like being married to another writer. You get to trade ideas. You get to talk shop. You get to complain. You… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
“For about 81 weeks as of this writing, I’ve tracked my daily habits on a “Lights Spreadsheet”; it’s got entries like —… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. This is an uncomfortable notion which I have gradually come to accept by… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
In order to even begin to learn how to play his instrument, it takes the guitarist weeks to build calluses on his… — Noah Lukeman Copy Share Image
I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the… — Achmat Dangor Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people don't take you seriously if they hear it's a video-game-based movie, and a lot of press… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
I used to write him letters about what I do everyday¦ but one day, he stopped responding. And so my letters became… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Justin Tranter is an incredible queer voice in pop music and he's writing for Justin Bieber: it's genius. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano. — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
I respect people that find writing easy, because I have focus problems. I'll spend five days eating cereal and YouTubing and two… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as… — Brynn Cartelli Copy Share Image
I'm very happy by myself--I'm lucky in that way--if I've got enough to read and something to write about and a bit… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I am sorry for people who can't write letters. But I suspect also that you and I ... love to write them… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe -… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Writing has always been a sanctuary or a refuge for me, any time I'm stressed or anxious or worried I find that… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
“He reads every book in his home but it is not enough. The country boy craves stories. He devours every poem and… — Jennifer Lanthier Copy Share Image
My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
What's so ironic is that CNN's doing reports on fake news, and they have someone who writes one false news story after… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
“Oddly enough, writing again has made me WANT to get out more. I mean, if I don't start living life, how can… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
I'm a very early riser, and so I like to get up and try hard to write before the day even really… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.' — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“What would his friends think? The Honorable Hatlee Beech, federal judge, writing prose like a faggot, extorting money out of innocent people.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
