I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough. — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
Sometimes what I'm looking for is the thing that will help renew people's interest in a writer that they may have written… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Writing about unknown people means I spend a lot of time arguing to the reader about why it's worth knowing about them.… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I don’t have a problem baring my emotions in music. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have music in my… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
I've been writing the same book my whole life - that you're in one family, and all of a sudden, you're in… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Anybody can have ideas-the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like love, to form the words, to say the words, to touch the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In the last volume of In Search of Lost Time, Proust compares himself to Scheherazade: he says he has finally understood the… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I think about all my scenes. I do so much revising as I go along; I wonder how I could write books… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
That's like one of the things - you know, being a writer, it's not just like they're constantly like giving you jobs… — Diane Ruggiero Copy Share Image
“Writing on dark themes is not as easy as one might think; you have to live the worst and the most terrifying… — Heena Rathore P Copy Share Image
“This understanding of the divine will and the human will at work together is not restricted to the writing of Scripture. It… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“DWIGHT: Stay smart. Stay cool. It's time to prove to you're friends that you're worth a damn. Sometimes that means dying. Sometimes… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The best thing about a being a writer is the creative process. I often describe it as a beautiful headache that I… — Nicole Huggins Copy Share Image
Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless and hands-on about cooking,… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
Now, one can often get away with playing music by ear when it is not being recorded, but writing is another matter;… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing. — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
As soon as you sit down to write about something you are pressing your nose deeper into the sewer of facts. — Theo Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It's a job. When I'm writing I'm going to do it five to six days a week and I'm going to work… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
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My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
The table I write on I say exists ... meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it,… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Before Churchill had done anything else, he was a writer. He believed to the core that words matter. They count. They can… — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
I always thought the writing process for movies and TV shows was just a blueprint. The making of it was the thing. — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
As a musician, you write and make music as you go. It's definitely in a great sequence. When you release songs, you… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
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