Writing Quotes

18562 quotes by 6643 authors

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good… — J. G. Ballard
I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to… — J. G. Ballard
My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes… — Eric Bana
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of… — Iain Banks
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other… — Russell Banks
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your… — Russell Banks
I used to love writing in my journal. — Tyra Banks
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. — Franklin P. Adams
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with… — John Banville
Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. — Clive Barker
Always be a poet, even in prose. — Charles Baudelaire
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I… — Roseanne Barr
To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline… — Roseanne Barr
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when… — James M. Barrie
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. — Dave Barry
Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can… — Dave Barry
My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. — Lynda Barry
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. — John Adams

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