I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him,… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
Playwriting is an oral art; it's not an art of a writer expecting to be read but a writer expecting to be… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
I do love writing prose interspersed with the poetry of other people. Their rhythms break into my prose and create a connection. — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12. — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
When a friend of mine introduced me to the music of Luca C & Brigante I was stuck with an apocalyptic feeling,… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of person who does my mathematics writing on paper. I do that at the last stage of the… — Michael Atiyah Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I agreed to do commercials is that they gave me complete freedom. I just had to have… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
It was really fun to start writing movies because you could actually take characters whose voice you enjoy writing in and have… — Paula Pell Copy Share Image
“When you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things, and you… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I really have very little aspirations about acting because I think that probably the best things have come and gone. I would… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.” — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other.… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible procrastinator but once I'm focused on my writing, the house could be on fire and I wouldn't notice. — Lucy Beaumont Copy Share Image
The truth is that 'Twilight' is not a story about Bella and Jacob. It's a story about Bella and Edward. That was… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
“the time coming when I can endure to read my own writing in print without blushing—shivering and wishing to take cover?” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. — Rachel Field Copy Share Image
For me, writing is fun. The day I quit my job and take up writing full time, writing will become just another… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply? — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I write a thousand words a day, and I always stop in the middle of a scene or thought, and it makes… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones. — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
“We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
I see so many bands, that are trying really hard to write for a person that they've never met. I get the… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
I always find music guys writing about love. Think of something else for a change. I'm sorry, but it's been done, and… — Jesse Spencer Copy Share Image
Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books. — Hemant Mehta Copy Share Image
All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
The English probably do that wordplay kind of humour and whimsy better than anyone, and I've always felt that my writing goes… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
I have to believe everything I write is brand new and I'm writing in this way about these people in a completely… — Kit Reed Copy Share Image
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit… — Maj Sjowall Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
The world goes to sleep when it's a cold winter. All except those writers in which it naturally rains inside of them… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
