I'm very much, like, 'We've all got to help each other.' If there's a new female writer, I'm much more likely to… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
It fills my heart with pride and joy that international food writers and press have taken an interest in Tijuana. — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don't think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I love writing openings, and I think that can give me the key to the movie. So somehow, that can be the… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
For me, reading has to be pleasurable. Otherwise, I'm ditching the book and turning on Netflix. There's way too much good TV… — Christopher Noxon Copy Share Image
When I worked as an editor, I read new novels being published in India every few days. They excited me tremendously for… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
When I began making art, I just thought I liked it. As a woman who was placed in spaces with various conditions,… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
There is ... scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell what is its essence, and what are its constituents;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing,… — Charlyne Yi Copy Share Image
“It is not the task of a writer to 'tell all,' or even to decide what to leave in, but to decide… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm saying is that anything… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time drawing and writing little comic books, and my mom was a rapper, so I would steal… — Megan Thee Stallion Copy Share Image
I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always,… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
You need to work at the craft of songwriting, but not only the craft. When I see people working both on themselves… — Fred Eaglesmith Copy Share Image
Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We're supposed to write back and… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Journalists like to talk and write and produce, but the most important part of that process is learning how to listen. And… — Kristen Welker Copy Share Image
I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“I know why you picked her," Frank says, still sitting on the grass. "She's like you, sort of. A writer. Unhappy. Wishing… — Albert Borris Copy Share Image
The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“An important aspect of writing unmentioned by Burton was ‘priority'; what to tell first. That always seemed one of the basic problems.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Telling someone to be confident in the abstract is not going to make it easier for the unconfident writer to actually get… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
It is Proust's implacable honesty, his reluctance to cut corners or to articulate what might have been good enough or credible enough… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“Maybe I can learn to live in a way that makes it worth writing about, and maybe I can actually become something… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that.… — Del Shannon Copy Share Image
If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
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