They Write Quotes

121 quotes by 116 authors

There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time. — Alec Baldwin
Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene,… — John le Carre
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my… — Jamaica Kincaid
Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain… — William Blake
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason a three-minute song… — Lou Reed
That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write… — Garry Trudeau
James Cain - faugh! Everything he touches smells like a billygoat. He is every kind of writer I detest, a faux naix, a Proust in… — Raymond Chandler
Writers will be judged by what they write. — Raymond Carver
Every morning I wake up and I tell myself this: It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. I don't know when… — Gayle Forman
People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They… — Phil McGraw
I never meant to be a sexual object for anyone but my husband. I never thought a picture of my body would be tacked up… — Lynda Carter
They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just… — Joe Paterno
Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans… — Brian Tracy
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs… — Donald Knuth
I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. — Jean M. Auel
I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I… — George Seaton
Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling… — R A Salvatore
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about. — R. W. Apple
Writers, because they write, are condemned never to be readers of their own stories...The memory of first putting a story into words will always prevent… — Elena Ferrante

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