I'm a storyteller, and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life's milestones. — Joely Fisher Copy Share Image
“Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for - Oh! You Pretty Things ” — David Bowie Copy Share Image
It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying… — Henry Reed Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Only by examining our personal biases can we grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we grow as people.” — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Machines produce only machines. The texts, images, films, speech and programmes which come out of the computer are machine products, and they… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
“I am the Penitent God. And tonight, I have begun my battle. My siege. The hundred-thousand Ink-borne arrows, flying forth from my… — S.G. Night Copy Share Image
Fiction writers learn about the development of metaphor, the use of rhythm, the way that language is compacted in order to express… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I understand what writing is; what… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I've been writing stories all my life. My very first story had two little black girls riding horses. They were both me,… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“It really is torture to sit around the house and write all day. I’m thinking it might motivate me to finish the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me. — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about. — Jack Higgins Copy Share Image
As I was not a good singer - I have started to sing. And because no one could write an appropriate song… — Verka Serduchka Copy Share Image
You never meet the writer when you're making a TV movie in America - they're too ashamed to show up and see… — Joe Don Baker Copy Share Image
If I'm obsessing over an idea, it could be Christmas Day and I'll disappear and go and think about it for ages,… — Richard Bacon Copy Share Image
It's curious that apart from the baroque ranting, 'Sarah & Duck' is very similar to 'The Thick Of It' - great characters,… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I was just dreaming, and if, if I'd written the book and nobody wanted it, I would have put it in the… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and… — Geraldine Solon Copy Share Image
A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously. — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
On 'About Time' there were about three times I had a co-writer with me. The rest of them was me, I wrote… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too,… — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition,… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
