“I have so many schemes about writing – so much I want to see and feel and do.” — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
It is very unfair in any writer to employ ignorance and malice together, because it gives his answerer double work. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Writes have an island, a center of refuge, within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place. — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
I've always subscribed to the notion that a writer always has something else to say, and the more you write, the more… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?" — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one… — Allan Massie Copy Share Image
I find it hard to write poems in reaction to world/national events unless there's a way in that's so evident to me… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
“Whenever you get a worry (a negative thought that won’t go away), write it down. The act of writing helps to crystallize… — Daniel G. Amen Copy Share Image
TV is the place that writers want to be. When you don't have a very strong indie market going on, talented writers… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
No matter what, I'm never going to get an anthology from an actual publisher, though I could always score another music anthology.… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
“we cannot escape showing who we are. What we write and how we express it gives away as much information as our… — Susan Feehan Copy Share Image
I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Aly and I went through just a long period of time where we just didn't feel creative musically. And, you know, we… — AJ Michalka Copy Share Image