I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
Writing involves an acceptance of being on the margin, the threshold, a galvanization out of received notions into a more activated, kinetic,… — Laurie Sheck Copy Share Image
We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's… — Ben Hopkins Copy Share Image
I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
I never smoke grass and drive my car because, for one thing, no matter how many letters I write to the road… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
I think it's amazing to have one writer write every episode of a series. It's very rare, I think. You get a… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings. — Nicola Cornick Copy Share Image
I got my first laptop, what I learned to do everything on, when I was 17 or 18, and I had no… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
“If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don’t judge your creation. Just create… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“She (Tamara Thorne) has this fascinating way of wrapping herself around the things I write and bringing out the best in my… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
Here's the first major lesson: Writing is not an activity. It's not something you sit down at the keyboard, and just start… — Jeff Bollow Copy Share Image
I really don't know why people have so much trouble now writing about religious faith. It is true that clichés can override… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Every fictional thing I wrote gave me strength to write another and another. By the end I wasn't remaining true to anything… — Lily King Copy Share Image
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and… — Henry Purcell Copy Share Image
I don't think the function of writing, at least for me as a fiction writer, is to say to people, "Here's the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Although I still think of myself as an actress, most of my time is spent writing novels or memoirs about my adventures… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There's some songs you write like you would write for a four- or five-piece band. But there are times when you start… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I write about whatever is timely - whatever is happening at the time for me - with what the expressive feeling is. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original. — Horace Copy Share Image
