Write Something Quotes

180 quotes by 160 authors

Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice. — Pen Densham
The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm… — Ashly Lorenzana
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and… — Jess Walter
The key to being a wonderful writer is not to write. You just get out of the way. Leave room for God to walk in… — Michael Jackson
If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become convinced… — Brenda Ueland
If you write something in the evening or at night, look back over it the next morning. I tend to be less self-critical at night;… — Mark-Anthony Turnage
It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative. — Brian Lamb
If you have all the research, all the ground rules, all the directives, all the data - it doesn't mean the ad is written. Then… — David Ogilvy
The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do… — Chuck D
It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give… — Peter Mullan
I feel it most in my work, because there aren't roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that,… — Olympia Dukakis
With every script, I write a note to my collaborator that says: 'I write full script. But see it as a guide. You take us… — Brian Michael Bendis
You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write… — Kelly Sue DeConnick
Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there.… — Jim Woodring
I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers,… — Meg Tilly
The first several scenes are about sexual addiction. They're not specifically political at all. . . . I didn't sit down and think, I am… — Christopher Durang
I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the idea of women… — Wendy Wasserstein
I'm sensitive about the criticism [for not producing new playwrights], yes. But I'm hip to it as well. I read 500 new plays a year,… — Gregory A. Boyd
When you write a program, think of it primarily as a work of literature. You're trying to write something that human beings are going to… — Donald Knuth

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