An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Well, I'm writing everything that isn't my final project, so that when I actually sit down to write it, that's all that… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
When I'm lonely, frustrated or hurt it usually comes from a male person and from unrequited love. I often carry that pain… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Kerouac and I are not real at all. The only thing about a writer is that he has written, and not his… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
As I write, I am struggling with the ghost of someone I loved and lost. I now understand more fully the difficulties… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and improbable," she pleaded. "Something beautiful and full of monsters." “Beautiful and full of monsters?"… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
“Symmetry suggests one myth, or significance: the drinking of writers coming from too much concentration, in solitude, upon feelings expressed for or… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
“I write so others might contemplate things out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel—to cause laughter and tears, to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t have… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
Every man feels that his experience is unlike that of anybody else and therefore he should write it down-- he finds also… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We had just played a sold-out show and it had been a fun night when we heard the news. It brought everything… — Brendan Bayliss Copy Share Image
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I never had any desire to be famous. I find people who do really sad. I genuinely feel sorry for them because… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents. — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
Most applicants to creative writing programs submit stories about the angst of their suburban childhoods. — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera. — Darnell M. Hunt Copy Share Image
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad. — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I'm nuts about the South - the people, the language, the food, the land, the stories and writers that come from there… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I know there's something bothering me but I don't know what it is. Then I start writing and… — Jon Rahm Copy Share Image
It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
I don't talk about feelings, but I write a lot about feelings. Reading, that's feminine; writing, that's feminine. It is insane -… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
A little mixture of happiness and bliss is all is take to resist the sins of reenacting what you thought you've crossed… — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
I think that's what fiction writing is actually all about. It's about trying to solve problems in creative ways. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
If anyone was going to write a song or, you know, or a book, or make a film about a girl like… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz - the… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I just write what I write, produce the music I produce and try to give myself a chance to stay true to… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I read and write but my ideas don't go beyond the first draft. When they will, I will make it into a… — Antara Mali Copy Share Image
“Writing has taught me that the frontier isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s a season of your life. The space between who… — Dustin Lee Copy Share Image
