Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane. — Orson Scott Card
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very,… — Sherman Alexie
When I first started looking at Twitter, I followed people like Steve Martin, who will just write the funniest non sequiturs now and then, which… — Steve Carell
My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror. — Sherman Alexie
The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative… — Tucker Carlson
If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song. — Vanessa Carlton
There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. — Thomas Carlyle
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. — Thomas Carlyle
When I was with the Labor Party, I'd get into trouble because the party bosses determined that some of what I wrote, or proposed to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away… — John le Carre
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. — John le Carre
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. — John le Carre
Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene,… — John le Carre
I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try… — Jonathan Carroll
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. — Lewis Carroll
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! — Lewis Carroll
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring… — Angela Carter
Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill. — Graydon Carter
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. — Raymond Chandler
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. — Raymond Chandler
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys… — Raymond Chandler
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of… — Raymond Chandler
When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. — Helena Bonham Carter
When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down… — Jimmy Carter
I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television. — Johnny Cash

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