Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“Self-editing a novel is like trying to put pants on a cat: yes, it's painful and time consuming, but in the end,… — Robert Jack Copy Share Image
“She writes only in pencil, as if the words might need to be revoked--borrowed words, for the most part, plucked out of… — Dawn Tripp Copy Share Image
I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
“To these things do writers sink; and then the critics tell them that they “talk for effect”; and then the writers answer:… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
To me, poetry is a recreation, a renewal of language... The subtlety of what words mean and the fact that you write… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Ive written stuff before, and Im actually looking to put together a couple of producing projects that I hope to shoot during… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
“The setting sun threatened to consume me—it could have, you know. It would have been a beautiful death with an honorable eulogy:… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
I mean the most important thing you can have as an actor, writer, director, or whatever you are, poet or whatever it… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
As the number of studies increased, it became clear that writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the back log for writing for 'Walking Dead' is pretty backed up! Usually, we wouldn't see the scripts until the week… — Chandler Riggs Copy Share Image
“What's your job?" He looked blank. "I've forgotten..." "I'm a writer. A novelist." "Maybe that explains why you were going to hell,"… — Kristina Douglas Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because… — Om Malik Copy Share Image
Evolution loves death more than it loves you or me. This is easy to write, easy to read, and hard to believe. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I think with my book, I wanted to first of all just be completely involved in it. I wanted to write it;… — Vogue Williams Copy Share Image
I don't really care about how good a song is, I only want them to reflect what I felt when I was… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The choices a writer makes within a tradition - preferring Milton to Moliere, caring for Barth over Barthelme - constitute some of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a… — M.C. Beaton Copy Share Image
My best writing has to do with an internal process that I'm working out unconsciously and put into my characters. — Lyle Kessler Copy Share Image
An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer. — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
I don't think you can write from a reactive place. I think you just write the thing you want to write about,… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Mo Yan is a writer who, defiantly in the face of those who wish his work were less cartoonish and more straightforward… — Dwight Garner Copy Share Image
I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs. — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it… — Nathan Nixon Copy Share Image
“I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze." ( Letter to Cynthia Asquith , November 1913)” — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most… — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
