I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having. — Corey Smith Copy Share Image
I never admit to wishing I'd written something by another author, but if my name mysteriously appeared on the title page of… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“In a gathering, a writer's eyes act as an intrepid explorers. When alone, he murmurs to himself posing as his characters. When… — Gaurav Sharma Copy Share Image
[Writing a joke] there is no team of writers. It's just you in an office, staring at yourself in the mirror. — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
When a newspaper columnist wants to write about a novel, the rule is that you're supposed to have a 'hook,' an excuse,… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
I know very few writers who outline fully before they start. It just doesn't seem possible to do, because so many things… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing… — Neil Oliver Copy Share Image
Writing is a side hustle that had previously enabled me to pay for rehab for my brother, purchase a car for my… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
“Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see… — Brian A. McBride Copy Share Image
I would say Jodie Foster because she's not just an actress. She's a director, she's a producer, she's a writer. She's conquered… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
“I'm looking for a writer who doesn't know where the sentence is leading her; a writer who starts with her obsessions and… — Sy Safransky Copy Share Image
It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
There's no subject you don't have permission to write about. Students often avoid subjects close to their heart ... because they assume… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I studied physics at Princeton when I was a college student, and my initial intention was to major in it but to… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
“I always instruct my students to write a great deal. Write a journal. Take notes. Write when you are feeling wretched, when… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot & outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being… — Tristan Prettyman Copy Share Image
Instead of writing thrillers to pay for my train bills, I was actually now going to medical school in order to have… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I can still boss people around. I can still write. I can still read. I can still eat, and I can still… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.” — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
The exchange of words is a lot like a virtual handshake. Is the writer's grasp of the language strong and bold? Are… — Allison Mackie Copy Share Image
Make your novel readable. Make it easy to read, pleasant to read. This doesn't mean flowery passages, ambitious flights of pyrotechnic verbiage;… — Laurence D'Orsay Copy Share Image
Growing up, I loved to play. Writing was a natural outtake of play. I realize now, having kids, that maybe that's unusual.… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
People try to force things. It's disastrous. Just leave your mind alone. Your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Many writers today are wanderers. There is not only an unhousedness in language - how to convey, to say nothing of converge… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
I was writing from a very, very early age. My father used to write. He died early, and my mother was a… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
When you have so much history with someone you just can't close the book , you have too rip that page out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have intuitive insight about how you think things are going to be, and you write that. Other times you fantasize… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You get fan mail and you see the reaction when you write someone back. It's kind of shocking. You can make someone's… — Christian McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
A language is the appearances of connections therefore language as in writing doesn't express anything: it creates. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, the way you're making your bread and butter is off people who aren't necessarily who you're writing… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
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