Write Anything Quotes

80 quotes by 73 authors

It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try out 50, 75,… — James Dickey
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichÃ©s that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters,… — W. Somerset Maugham
If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can… — Thomas Merton
I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I… — Fiona Apple
As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know,… — Dolly Parton
Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the… — Steve Carell
Remember, if you write anything nasty about me, I'll come around and blow up your toilet. — Courtney Love
I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you want to write anything that works, you have to go with the grain of your talent, not against it. If your talent is… — Philip Pullman
If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical. — Terry Brooks
If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take 'myself,' subtract… — Akira Kurosawa
I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify,… — Baruch Spinoza
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are… — Anne Bronte
I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone. — Marvin Harris
There's always a part of my brain saying: 'Stop getting comfortable. Don't relax.' Because I find it difficult to write when I'm happy. I have… — Tom Odell
Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to… — H. L. Mencken
Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing, it's not concerned… — Tony Grisoni
Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap. — Derek Raymond
Lucy: Our teacher wants us to write an essay on praying. Charlie Brown: Praying is important when you wake up at two o'clock in the… — Charles M. Schulz

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