Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“I write for the still-fragmented parts in me, trying to bring them together. Whoever can read and use any of this, I… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation. ” — Patrick Dennis Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was going to write for TV until I was suddenly writing for TV, so that kind of stuff… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of approach both of them similarly in (that) I always see it as a movie first because that's my… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
The diversion of baiting an author has the sanction of all ages and nations, and is more lawful than the sport of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A completed book exists in its entirety, although we humans read it in a time sequence from the beginning to the end.… — Russell Stannard Copy Share Image
“Difficulty itself may be a path toward concentration — expended effort weaves us into a task, and successful engagement, however laborious, becomes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe the first story I ever wrote was about a young girl who was terribly mistreated by her very cruel parents,… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy… — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
“A stickler hallmark is that those who speak or write differently can’t be merely wrong; they must be depraved, too.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell… — Irwin Winkler Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Many intelligent people, when about to write . . . , force on their minds a certain notion about style, just as… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
There are no mistakes or accidents. The present is malleable. Influence the odds. Free will is your pen, write your life. — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
“When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I write every day for most of the work day, and I try to write 2,500 words per day... If I don't… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
My daughter was five when I was writing 'Minari,' very much close to the age of David. And I was about to… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I spend my whole life trying to put up a front to prevent people from seeing certain parts of me. Weirdly, when… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
It's as simple as finding something on the street and then writing a jingle. If I'm driving and I have my turn… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know,… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
Writing songs about having a nice time - 'Oh I'm so happy on tour with my band' - I'd find it really… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
