I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
“It’s like you’re a book I’ve read a thousand time without ever picking up. Your prose that effortlessly falls off my tongue… — Sarah Noffke Copy Share Image
What I love about writing is that you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication. — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
I have a horror of silence while I'm writing. It's like the universe is howling at me if I don't have it. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past…… — Benedetto Croce Copy Share Image
Saying you're a pop group isn't saying very much. Personally, when I think of pop, I think of instant, accessible, catchy songs… — Ed MacFarlane Copy Share Image
In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“The written word can make one pause and contemplate. It can make a reader sigh to dream or question a belief in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing.… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes… — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
Let’s hope the institution of marriage survives its detractors, for without it there would be no more adultery and without adultery two… — Peter S. Prescott Copy Share Image
I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
It's fun to deliver material on live TV because it's more off-the-cuff, but I like writing better. You really can measure the… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. — Norman Macleod Copy Share Image
“Most of my writing is emotionally autobiographical. You’ve got to pull up the things that mean something to you in order for… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Cheating tends to come up a lot in my songs. Betrayal fascinates me. I think the fact that you can trust someone… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life. — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
I like making records right now 'cause I can express myself that way in a very immediate, physical sense. You can always… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“be careful not to become narrow-minded, or afraid of reading what is well written, quite the contrary, such writings are a source… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
The writer is just so much more intimately involved in the television process than the feature film process. — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
For a person whose sole burning ambition is to write - like myself - college is useless beyond the Sophomore year. — William Styron Copy Share Image
I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better.… — Claudia Christian Copy Share Image
Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.” — Michelle D. Kwasney Copy Share Image
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Youre right, I do write a lot. In some ways, staying home and not being able to tour was kind of normal… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
“The only thing I have learned from life is to endure it, never to question it, and to burn up the longing… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
