There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
Even while writing his book, he had become painfully aware how little he knew his own planet while attempting to piece together… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who has a one-man tent in the desert and occasionally he sees the footprint of an other writer… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have… — Herman Hesse Copy Share Image
To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
A lot of [George Saunders] early stories now feel prophetic. Take the recent election [of Donald Trump]. Historians in 100 years might… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I once wrote deduceable instead of deducible in a book, though nobody then or since has taken me up on it. A… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Writing for late night is really good for learning how to write when you don't want to write. You have to produce… — Michelle Wolf Copy Share Image
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
I'd say art is with you. All around you. I'd say when there doesn't seem to be anyone else, there is art.… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas. — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can't write a play. — David Hare Copy Share Image
I got my master's degree and then started working as a production assistant. I was writing my debut film, the crime drama… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
“An Authorpreneur focuses on establishing one's brand to the consumer using different avenues to promote their work.” — Geraldine Solon Copy Share Image
On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American… — Clarence Major Copy Share Image
I guess I've been blessed with insomnia because I do a lot of my writing at night. Because I don't sleep as… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk show to wave his flag. — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
We shall have a race of men who are strong on telemetry and space communications but who cannot read anything but a… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack” — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
Those who write against vanity want the glory of having written well, and their readers the glory of reading well, and I… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it. — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I still tell people, 'I'm pretty sure I'm the only 'Star Wars' fan in history to ever break into Skywalker Ranch by… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
I've turned my back on fancy parties and red carpets. I'm a writer, and if I did that, I'd never get anything… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for them. The… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease their visits to health centers a full three… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Good science is all about following the data as it shows up and letting yourself be proven wrong, and letting everything change… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
A writer is trying to create believable people in credible moving situations in the most moving way he can. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“We write in darkness. We love in alleys. We breathe into beige paper bags. Anything to mollify the confusion. Anything to simplify… — Bill Yarrow Copy Share Image
There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image