Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. — Lord Byron
I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to… — Meg Cabot
Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. — Meg Cabot
In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not… — Meg Cabot
Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not… — Meg Cabot
Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool… — Meg Cabot
Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of… — Colbie Caillat
I don't feel that I have to control every aspect of things that I appear in. You learn a lot performing someone else's writing. — Steve Carell
Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas. — Michael Caine
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights… — David Cameron
From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to… — David Cameron
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down. — Julia Cameron
Professor Hawking is heralded as 'the genius of Britain,' yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that life sprang from… — Kirk Cameron
I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes. — Matt Cameron
I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing. — Lloyd Alexander
I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them… — Jane Campion
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. — Truman Capote
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn… — Truman Capote
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. — Truman Capote
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. — Truman Capote
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it… — Truman Capote
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art.… — Truman Capote
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. — Sherman Alexie
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time. — Sherman Alexie
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card

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