When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang. — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do… — David Russell Copy Share Image
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the… — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going to develop twenty-five and maybe one's going… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.' — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
At school, I wrote in the style of the Dutch composers. After I graduated, a new style set in. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable… — Dana Priest Copy Share Image
Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis. — Val Guest Copy Share Image
I had amazing intellectual privilege as a kid. My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age. — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
One of the more depressing things about reading your fiction 25 years later, or 10 years later, is you realize the only… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The wonderful 17th Century poet, Robert Herrick, wrote a poem entitled, 'To Live Merrily and to Trust to Good Verses.' Easy to… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
