Writes Quotes

633 quotes by 541 authors

One writes to find words' meanings. — Joy Williams
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
Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two — Hugh B. Brown
He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some people think it is difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think it's the other way around. God writes a lot… — Garrison Keillor
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense. — Benjamin Franklin
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle of the night.… — John Prine
I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing. You're editing each… — Chris Hillman
Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve. — George Jean Nathan
We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared… — John Ruskin
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired and… — Margot Livesey
In The Care and Management of Lies the wonderfully talented Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and… — Margot Livesey
With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone thatâ€™s unlike anyone elseâ€™s, creating an atmosphere you donâ€™t so much… — Kevin Brockmeier
Jon Land writes great fiction, and Betrayal reads like the best of it. The fact that it's true makes the story all the more riveting.… — Robert Leuci
A book is a private thing, citizen; it belongs to the one who writes it and to the one who reads it. Like the mind… — Rikki Ducornet
For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort… — Katey Sagal
I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what… — Julia Stiles
I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and… — Neil Patrick Harris
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror. — William H. Macy
You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the… — Kerry Washington

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