I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
When writing 'Behind the Mask,' I opened up on every level. Hopefully, even the more knowledgeable fans, who really know me, will… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers. — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write about a "haunted" film, something imbued with a malign, potentially fatal attraction, an image which poisons everyone… — Gemma Files Copy Share Image
For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the writer has to learn the hard way of creating a bad work to become a best-seller yet doesn't surrender to… — Millicent Ashby Copy Share Image
I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. And… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Writers shouldn't fear criticism. Instead, they should fear silence. Criticism is healthy. It gets people thinking about your work and, even better,… — Robert Fanney Copy Share Image
It was the typical paranoid experience [to hide coke]. As soon as I knew my hiding place, I thought the whole world… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
To a certain extent that happens with all kinds of successful writers and artists and celebrities, but there is also something about… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I don't write my music for Sony. I write it for the people who are screaming down the road crying to a… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
'Ted Lasso' has affected all of us - affected the cast, affected the crew, affected the writers. You can't really make a… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
It's very important that we start creating new content again. We can only build on nostalgia so much before we have nothing… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look back and think, "How did I write that? The book is smarter than I am!" I have never written… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
“Never ask a writer what they are writing while they are writing, unless you’re prepared for sharp teeth, fangs and blood on… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can‚Äôt think of… — Roberto Bola√±o Copy Share Image
“Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden…” — Gerard Olson Copy Share Image
Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera -… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's… — K.M. Randall Copy Share Image
[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
“Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There are so many different things out there trying to hook our attention, we writers have to be very selective and make… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Depression was my body's way of grieving the loss of my childhood dreams. Writing was my imagination's way of redefining them.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about books is you never run out of them, you can just keep going. So I'm always finding new… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I write in Arabic and prefer writing my stories by hand. I need a cup of tea or coffee when I write.… — Osama Alomar Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I try to think about what would make a song better before worrying about personal opinions. — Phoebe Bridgers Copy Share Image
Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
My writing habits are pretty static. I get up every morning between 6 and 7 am, grab a cup of coffee, say… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I was always interested in writing from an early age, but it seemed so far away and inconceivable, like wanting to be… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
“Receptionist: How do you write women so well? Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.” — Mark Andrus Copy Share Image
![“It was the typical paranoid experience [to hide coke]. As soon as I knew my hiding place, I thought the whole world knew it. I'd write clues to my hiding places in code, then forget the code and spend the rest of the day looking for my coke.” quote by George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/george-carlin-155_clue_it-was-the-typical-paranoid-experience-t_1705921.jpg)
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