“I used to capture the vastness and the immensity of the world and confine it to the limited pages of the parchment.” — Hark Herald Sarmiento Copy Share Image
I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with Xs But they cash 'em just the… — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Writing my own novels in the '90s...I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use… — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
When I came to New York as a writer, I was taken with the idea that you're only getting in on bridges… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Diminished circumstances had no effect on his sense of what was honorable: after The Spectator sent him a check for a piece… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
The boy spends most of his time reading. And writing, of course. He copies out sections of books, writes out words and… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The Danger of a Single Story”, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. “Power is the ability not… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“Christ Took Our Punishment 21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be a science fiction writer you must be interested in the future and you must feel that the future will be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I scrubbed the filth from my keyboard, and placed a coffee coaster strategically on the desk. My schedule was relatively clear, and… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I keep writing books about why TV is good. There's nothing more fun to me than steering people toward something that I… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come… — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's… — Nana Visitor Copy Share Image
“The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
What I learned in school made me a better journalist and a better writer because forensic science is, as scientific disciplines must… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "I have to accept myself, this is what I… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms… — Ursula Hegi Copy Share Image
If I write what I feel, it's to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
After writing for 'SNL,' I never felt like I was properly writing sketch comedy. I felt like I was writing like humorous… — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
