I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
“His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I see my writing happening more naturally. Just to relax into it and capture all of the good stuff in a calm… — Justin Nozuka Copy Share Image
“What other than mental illness spurs normal people to write prolifically? The chief cause is not quite illness, but nearly: love, especially… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“Crafty writers...don't allow Exposition to form Lumps. They break up the information, grind it fine, and make it into bricks to build… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are." --Nora Ephron” — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I need to tell the things that are important but which don't make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“- If you could describe my son in 3 words, what would you say? - Sweet. Cute. Funny. - That could be… — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and… — Jill Hennessy Copy Share Image
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
The writing of You've Got a Friend was one of the most incredible experiences because it was mostly inspiration. It just came… — Carole King Copy Share Image
A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“The purpose of writing inspirational notes is simply to build others up because there are too many people in the demolition business.” — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Yes, for all of us in the Shakespeare Squadron, writing is just that: not an escape from reality, but an attempt to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
See, I'm not the type of writer that has 400 songs in a suitcase someplace on the shelf. I'm sort of a… — Luther Vandross Copy Share Image
Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just… — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
As for how I feel about any success I've had, I just feel extremely lucky. Writing is a tough racket, and there… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers,… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
When I feel I'm going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I did not think much what I was writing them for, except that I knew I wanted my next novel to be… — Nicholas Mosley Copy Share Image
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are -… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
“If I could write words Like leaves on an autumn forest floor, What a bonfire my letters would make. If I could… — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
I think you write only out of a great trouble. A trouble of excitement, a trouble of enlargement, a trouble of displacement… — Eleanor Clark Copy Share Image
When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to… — Moses Malone Copy Share Image
The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
