Writing Quotes

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It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about. — Anthony Bourdain
Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with… — Anthony Bourdain
In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as… — Anthony Bourdain
When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my… — Anthony Bourdain
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. — Elizabeth Bowen
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. — Elizabeth Bowen
I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able… — David Bowie
Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me.… — David Bowie
What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You… — David Bowie
Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies,… — Brandon Boyd
Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited… — Brandon Boyd
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have… — Ray Bradbury
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. — Ray Bradbury
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. — Ray Bradbury
You fail only if you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. — Ray Bradbury
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you. — Ray Bradbury
If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it. — Ray Bradbury
Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If… — Ray Bradbury

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