But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I like to write, I like to reflect, and not just poetry, I like to write my thoughts down. I think it's… — J. J. Redick Copy Share Image
A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
Do not be grand. Try to get the ordinary into your writing - breakfast tables rather than the solar system; Middletown today,… — Darcy O'Brien Copy Share Image
In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project.… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
“Without the hard we stay too soft, and heaven is reduced to myths like life. Theology aside, it’s plain to see that… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
A writers desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he'll start by imitating whatever he's read,… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
There've been times when I have existential conversations with myself, and I've thought about leaving and trying to apply my education better.… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
You can assume that if a writer's work has survived for centuries, there are reasons why this is so, explanations that have… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
My writing life is pretty simple - I try to work every day, almost always in the mornings - and I can… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
When the first human began to read and write, he or she set the world upon a new evolution. Similarly, if a… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens--of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I have never seen a food writer mention this, but all shrimp imported into the United States must first be washed in… — Charles Clover Copy Share Image
Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge… — Barry Boehm Copy Share Image
I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
I think if I had done anything else I would like to have been a doctor. This is the sort of polar… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do… — Iron & Wine Copy Share Image
As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself… — David Milch Copy Share Image
If youcant be a Pencil to write Any Ones Happiness, Then try At least to be a Nice Rubber to Erase Every… — The Forgotten Copy Share Image
I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes,… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
One of the big grapples with taking medication for me was my creativity and feeling like creating and writing were going to… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project. But I… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The professionalization of poetry, or the balkanization, has come out of the fact that when you apply to most creative writing programs,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
“Writing is an adventure. There is no way to know where it will take you, and what you will find. You could… — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer. — John Amos Copy Share Image
Ann and I were the main writers in Heart. We had the leadership role, and the guys in the band sometimes had… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
