“I'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is.” — Lori R. Lopez Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write comic books, my earliest memories are of waiting for Dad to come home from work, and, secreted… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Sopranos was the first show about the life of the writer. I never made any secret about the fact that it… — David Chase Copy Share Image
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. — Len Deighton Copy Share Image
I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
“The war was undoubtedly the most profound and inescapable influence on writers in the 1920s. But it was far from the only… — Paul Brody Copy Share Image
Even though I always claimed that I didn't want to write about something - once I wasn't writing fiction, anyway; I think… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
I never stopped writing. I started writing when I was twelve years of age. And I was writing all the time. But… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don't get… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of… — Edith Grossman Copy Share Image
I am happy to accept that badge of ambivalence if that means some progress in dismantling this false opposition: writers boldly using… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Treece quite seriously divided the world into writers, who led life as a conscious effort, and people, and people who didn't; sometimes… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
There's always to me a universality - one of the things I learned early on as a journalist and a writer is… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
“I think maybe today a poem I hope after breakfast I start trying pulling it out of my own gut mostly by… — John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas Copy Share Image
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs -… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
I am the queen of hashtags! I love hashtags. I think in hashtags. I wish I could write everything in hashtag. — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the girl that talks about getting a guy. I felt like that was a different approach to writing. — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
“Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
When I first broke out, everyone was like, 'OK, so is this a joke?' They had to wait until I sold out… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you're trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly… — Kesha Copy Share Image
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I have a gut reaction to the things that my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just… — Patrick Macnee Copy Share Image
“You have life written all over you. Some people bear tragedy on their faces; loss, death, whatever it might be. But you… — Marcus Sedgwick Copy Share Image
I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Writing is very difficult. You have 120 pages of blank paper and it's like, "Go fill that up with some funny stuff,"… — Bobby Farrelly Copy Share Image
I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men?… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of… — Kay Cannon Copy Share Image
I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's,… — Zachary Knighton Copy Share Image