I remember when I was younger, there was a well-known writer who used to dart down the back way whenever saw me… — Robert E. Sherwood Copy Share Image
I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors. — James Thayer Copy Share Image
My goal is to write stories that are connected, but not sequels in any meaningful sense. Like Howard's Conan tales or Leiber's… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“There were no absolutes in fiction, no certain way to deliver what was needed. So it was no surprise most technical writers… — S.A. Reid Copy Share Image
I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing. I write because I actually enjoy writing. — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
“...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself and cheating or embarrassing his family… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive. — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
It's been a very interesting exercise as a writer - writing a little family group, like The Incredibles or The Simpsons or… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
One strange quality of writing about political campaigns is that it's a little like writing about a baseball game inning by inning.… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“They say the dead can’t speak, but they can! The people in this book died over sixty years ago, in the middle… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
A writer has to stand outside the page. It's not for the writer to shed tears onto the pages for these characters.… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Written with passion, honesty, humor, and a stubborn, rebellious optimism, Dear Marcus is like nothing I've ever read. When a bullet in… — Shalom Auslander Copy Share Image
“Writing a nonfiction book should primarily be about establishing credibility and authority in a specific domain.” — Hassan Osman Copy Share Image
I did not want to follow Chi Udayashankerji; now Yogaraj Bhat does not want to follow me in writing lyrics. — Hamsalekha Copy Share Image
Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does. — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I loved 'Everybody Loves Raymond' because I like Ray and I thought it was beautifully cast, I thought it was great writing.… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
“need a poet who can really write. Nowadays it seems like ‘many are gone, and those that live are bad’.12” — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
I always quit while I am still inspired, while I could still write more. Never let the thread run all the way… — Jesse Michaels Copy Share Image
When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
“JEAN I need him like the axe needs the turkey. HARRINGTON Don't be vulgar, Jean. Let us be crooked, but never common.” — Preston Sturges Copy Share Image
What is an artist? He's a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook up to the currents which are in… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
My focus is films, and 'Angela's Eyes' is one of those TV projects that has some good TV concepts behind it and… — Lyriq Bent Copy Share Image
I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
Take the whole range of imaginative literature, and we are all wholesale borrowers. In every matter that relates to invention, to use,… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
I'm still very much in the apprentice stage of writing. I read somewhere that you need to write a million words before… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Writing a screenplay is so spare, it kind of reminded me that I really should celebrate what I can do in a… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
I think the job of writing and literature is to encourage each one of us to believe that we're living in a… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
