Write Them Quotes

127 quotes by 124 authors

Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God,… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a… — Milan Kundera
In his heart everyone knows that the only people who get rich from the "get rich quick" books are those who write them. — Richard M. Nixon
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I write… — Amelie Nothomb
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and… — Brandon Sanderson
One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them. — Todd Solondz
I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have… — Mo Yan
Write comic books if you love comic books so much that you want to write them. Don't write them like movies. Comics can do a… — Grant Morrison
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion. — Louise Mensch
I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going… — Iain Banks
I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage people… — Paula Fox
It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to… — Idris Elba
I like to knuckle down and get on with my job. I'll make mistakes, I'm bound to, but I'll write them down and I'll learn… — Paul Ince
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out… — Carl Hiaasen
I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that, and I decided to write them down, but by the… — Mildred D. Taylor
Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new. — Ester Dean
I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour,… — David Sedaris
I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I… — David

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