Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very… — Leonard Cohen
Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else. — Harlan Coben
I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring. — Harlan Coben
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever.… — Harlan Coben
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.… — Harlan Coben
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on… — Harlan Coben
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching… — Harlan Coben
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around… — Harlan Coben
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. — Jarvis Cocker
Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep… — Jean Cocteau
As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one. — Diablo Cody
For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent. — Diablo Cody
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning. — Dorothy Allison
I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch. — Diablo Cody
I can't write at night. For me, I'm programmed to believe that nighttime is for relaxation. — Diablo Cody
I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist. — Diablo Cody
I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now. — Diablo Cody
I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts… — Diablo Cody
I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven, that's weird... Mr. Spielberg had… — Diablo Cody
That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people, laughter… — Diablo Cody
I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I… — Paulo Coelho
It took me 40 years to write my first book. — Paulo Coelho
I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. — Paulo Coelho
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. — Leonard Cohen
I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability. — Leonard Cohen

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