I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine,… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
There was a lot of people writing me off, probably because you don't know me, because I don't run my mouth. — Jared Cannonier Copy Share Image
“I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part. — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
“People who label erotica writers as sluts/men-whores remind me of the mob that once condemned smart women as witches. Mankind has not… — Anna Bayes Copy Share Image
We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and… — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
I like to write paper mail...nobody does that anymore...with my pen pals. John Doe from the band X played my dad on… — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to over generalize our individual experiences. After I've published something, I'll meet someone who says, "I'm Haitian,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, the initial page, always crucial, passed every test, with its promises and divisions, its portentous opening paragraph like the great door… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
“It's the living that turn and chase the dead. The long bones and skulls are tumbled from their shrouds, and words like… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“In 1991, while talking with writer Ed Gross, Fred Freiberger summed up his agony over Star Trek with a joke, saying, “I… — Marc Cushman Copy Share Image
I always, at least back then, struggled with emotion in writing. I felt like I could do odd, unusual things, but there… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“When you say you experience my writing as sacred, what you are touching is the divine place within me that is my… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is… — Helen Skelton Copy Share Image
Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Mercy Watson is pure fun for me as a writer, because I think of her as kind of sorbet - a palate… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We need writers, we need to tell stories that include minority people, and then we won't have this discussion about Oscar so… — Pauletta Pearson Washington Copy Share Image
I've worked with a lot of different producers, a lot of different writers on the album, so I mostly feel like I… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
When you write or sing a song that means something to you, you are saying, 'You know what? This is who I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I am a failure as a writer. The publishers won't publish me, the bookshops won't carry my books, the critics won't write… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with,… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
When you have somebody writing or acting for you, you have to be free to have them hate you so you can… — Amy Heckerling Copy Share Image
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“Brahmi seems to have been adapted from a Semitic writing system .. Brahmi is the ancestor of most of the writing systems… — Roger D. Woodard Copy Share Image
The truth is, I do some of my best writing at 3 A.M. while blasting 'Every Time I Die' into my ear… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
In the world of book writing, there's a few people, maybe, where you have close relationships. In TV, there are so many… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
I was never an activist, in the sense that I didn't really join a lot of organizations. I wasn't out in the… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
