When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
It's around midnight. After I left Dad, my choice was to either become very drunk or write this. I chose to write… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
Cooking and writing were my two forms of personal therapy and when I was doing over one or the other, I was… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
'Carrie' was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet.… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I like work, I like song writing, and I like the history of Atlantic Records. They've sat in the studio with so… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
“I am really Chloe Anthony Wofford. That's who I am. I have been writing under this other person's name. I write some… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something is by writing a poem. And sometimes I get to the… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I have all of Elizabeth Lowell's first editions. I love these books. They are among my most treasured possessions. I have carried… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
A writer must face up to the test of reality, including political reality, and that can't be done if he keeps his… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't like to call myself a feminist writer. I say I'm a feminist, but I don't write to propagate an ism, — Shashi Deshpande Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again… — Delta Goodrem Copy Share Image
I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I write horror because I enjoy it. I'm endlessly fascinated by the supernatural, by death, by darkness. And, to be honest, I… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
The best I can do is, it's like a 'ding!' You're writing, and then something starts falling into place, and you hear… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else.… — Peter Gzowski Copy Share Image
“Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories…cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've got to have something. I want to stop it all, the whole monumental grotesque joke, before it's too late. But writing… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
I write about broken people who need other people in order to go on. But those are the only kind of people… — John Green Copy Share Image
I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I… — Mika Copy Share Image
Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
At conventions, one of the standard questions I get is, 'Are you writing any new novels?' To which I used to respond,… — Peter David Copy Share Image
I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
“Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The really great writers are people like Emily Bront� who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The man who speaks and writes about art should refrain from censuring or pontificating. He will thus avoid doing anything foolish, for… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
![“Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I agree with Jim [Lauderdale] in that I think the really good ones are songs that when you hear it [sic]...there's just something about it that touches your heart, and you don't know why.” quote by Jorma Kaukonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/jorma-kaukonen-31193_agree_some-hit-songs-are-really-stupid-and-who_1229753.jpg)
![“At conventions, one of the standard questions I get is, 'Are you writing any new novels?' To which I used to respond, in my smart-[alec] fashion, 'No, I've decided to write only old novels.'” quote by Peter David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/peter-david-14030_books_at-conventions-one-of-the-standard-quest_2626071.jpg)
