Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see,… — Ted Kotcheff Copy Share Image
“When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think writing and reading are completely synergistic; not necessarily in that one has to be a good reader to be a… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
“If our writing is full of grammar and punctuation errors, even though the content may be great, it’s like wearing a beautifully… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
After kids leave the house, they can decide to do whatever they want, but while they're under my roof, they're going to… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
A good writer refuses to be socialized. He insists on his own version of things, his own consciousness. And by doing so… — Bill Barich Copy Share Image
Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell if anyone's interested in reading a serialized story. But it's interesting to put in a cliffhanger each week.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
The idea of me writing something that I'd get to be in as well was not what I saw coming. I do… — Erin Foster Copy Share Image
I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
If we are serious about enabling those who want to acquire what we have called standard English then first we should be… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“Just as breathing exercises help integrate body and mind, writing is a kind of psycho-neural muscular activity which helps bridge and integrate… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
When you start early, and you're writing for free, there's a lot of producers that will take advantage of you... It is… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse.… — Robin Lakoff Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think of writing as becoming this antenna that picks up the vibrations all around me in order to find out… — Gregory Allen Howard Copy Share Image
Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way... I mean it's not the world… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and I felt bad about writing it. I… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of… — Georgia Heard Copy Share Image
Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
My husband and I had the opportunity to write some stuff for other people. We both tried it. I think it lasted… — Margo Price Copy Share Image
I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I'm much more into someone who is telling stories than somebody who is writing a record about their breakup. It's just more… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through… — Yanni Copy Share Image
It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I can only write a book like 'The Tin Drum' or 'From the Diary of a Snail' at a special period of… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
“Be pragmatic, then. If you’re not happy with the way your writing has gone, you might give my method a try. If… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If I upset you, don't stress. Never forget That God isn't finished with me yet. I feel His hand on my brain...… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I like thinking of the writer as a kind of curator; the collection as curiosity cabinet - in a non-demeaning, non-objectifying sense… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I love playing with language and the rhythm of language - for some reason, this seems so much easier for me to… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
