Writing Quotes
18562 quotes by 6643 authors
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U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.
— Unknown Author
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these…
— Edward de Bono
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Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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The central problem of novel-writing is causality.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.
— David Bowie
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I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.
— Ray Bradbury
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I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something…
— Michelle Branch
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I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.
— Elayne Boosler
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I've never been able to write for stand-up.
— Elayne Boosler
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
— Alain de Botton
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I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.
— Alain de Botton
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I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
— Alain de Botton
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My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.
— Alain de Botton
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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives…
— Alain de Botton
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I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the…
— Alain de Botton
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Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
— Nadia Boulanger
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I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them…
— Anthony Bourdain
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