“We never sit anything out. We are cups, quietly and constantly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour… — Sammy Cahn Copy Share Image
The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
People are really surprised when they meet me that I'm a recluse. People think I'm very gregarious and outgoing - and I… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been writing something when you just forgot where you were, and what time it was, and you kept diving… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
Fiction shows us the past as well as the present moment in mortal light; it is an art served by the indelibility… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my… — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
In terms of whether I use humor to allow me or my readers to come up for air, I don't think I… — Daniel Olivas Copy Share Image
I have come to feel strongly that the greatest service I can still render to my fellow men would be that I… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Most writers sow adjectives almost unconsciously into the soil of their prose to make it more lush and pretty. The sentences become… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
If you don't have a burning passion for writing, how can you expect anyone else to be moved by what you write? — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves. — Sam Fender Copy Share Image
I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really… — Todd Newton Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to write a book; it wasn't even in my vision. I was posting stuff online just because it made… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Unlike modern films where superstars dominate every scene, the Hollywood films of the golden era have depth in writing and casting, so… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I take my pen , writte everything about our love , if the pen finished I will writte by my blood ,… — Beljilali Mohamed Copy Share Image
I think Labrinth is an amazing writer and an amazing singer. His voice is just so magnetic. There are so many people… — Daya Copy Share Image
“language – particularly the language writers use – cannot be set in stone. It is a living, organic, ever-changing thing.” — John Sutherland Copy Share Image
There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
“My earliest poems appear almost skeletal to me now - it seems I've learned to add meat, muscle and a nice suit… — Wanda Lea Brayton Copy Share Image
I think I approach all of my writing in the same way. I mean, it's my job, and I'm committed to it.… — T Cooper Copy Share Image
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't write anything off without reading a script, and if it's a good one, I'll consider it, whether it's for $20… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Our lives are greatly enriched when we immerse ourselves in literature and spiritual writing, not because we are going to be tested… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a lot of successful musician pals, and as I get older, I find that I'm lucky to be a writer.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I love the idea that the editing room is the final time you write. You should still be creatively solving problems even… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
