I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough like the future to be pretty scary. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
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But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book.… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
The millions or billions of micro decisions that you're going to make, that's what will determine who you are as a writer,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and… — Andrea Brown Copy Share Image
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I'm a memoir writer. I try to understand the world by taking experiences I have and making them into a story, whether… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
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The first 13 years of my life, I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child.… — Jean Fritz Copy Share Image
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
If you are making money writing, you are doing great. If you can support yourself writing, you are a success. I don't… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
I've written quite a few things, but I've put it on hold for now to see how everything fits together. Then I'll… — Matt Sharp Copy Share Image
It's very weird to write a song in your apartment and then realize that this random person knows all the words to… — Toby Lightman Copy Share Image
“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to run my own show and focus solely on the writing, and that's what 'Survivor's Remorse' has been… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song.… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
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[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research. — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
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I will say I highly recommend, if you want to write a book also, have a child in the midst of that… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
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Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Though I've spent years working with and creating images, I feel most comfortable expressing myself through writing. — Michael Salu Copy Share Image
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I don't really know the person who wrote the things I wrote. I kind of know him, but I change so much… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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