Writers are those weird people that can break through misunderstandings and deliver stories that speak to many. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a language. We want scientists to be able to read it, speak it, and write it. But we are are… — Herbert Simon Copy Share Image
If you are at the mercy of what they call print interviews and the mercy of people who write about you, they… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
“I don’t shy from writing about incredibly unpleasant, distressing things. And I get a kick out of it I confess. I like… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Writing let me escape... It let me escape the insistent tug of my family, and its ongoing misery. Sitting in front of… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
There was no real strategic decision about editorial tone. It was kind of a write whatever you want to write, and we'll… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I didn't know the term 'synesthesia' until I was working on 'Cruel Summer.' Halfway into writing that, I really understood that, my… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“You once said that you would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen, in that case I could not write… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff.… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
When I sit down in front of a Windows machine, I can't write; when I sit down in front of my Mac,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“You may initially find yourself at a point of re-convincing that there could be a positive twist, and that's okay. Suspense naturally… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“It's great to be anywhere as a writer. It saves you from implication in the ugliness of the place and justifies your… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.” — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
We're a live band. Some bands write their songs in the studio - we don't do that. We're playing songs on this… — Carey Mercer Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“The truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I don't spend the day writing. I'll maybe write fresh copy for two hours, and then I'll go back and revise some… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Why write a book on uncovering past lives? Because the benefits for personal empowerment, healing, and enlightenment are tremendous. — Ted Andrews Copy Share Image
I was at CBS News on a fluke. I replaced somebody who was on vacation. I worked as a copy boy, then… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
Apparently, I have approached every role that I've had as if I was the lead of the show, and had a voice… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
I think the writer has to be responsible to signs and dreams. If you don't do anything with it, you lose it. — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“I see the whole thing popping and parenthesizing in every direction, the story of that house and that kitchen.” — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things I read was John Steinbeck's journals while he was writing 'East of Eden,' which was so cool. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Jim Harrison is someone I always enjoy, one of the great contemporary writers. I like Tim Ferris' Big Boom Theory. I'm getting… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I love having written. Sometimes I love writing. I love to revise. Revising is my favorite part of writing. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
