Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. — Walter Bagehot
Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the… — Russell Baker
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be… — Russell Baker
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly… — Russell Baker
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time. — Alec Baldwin
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. — James A. Baldwin
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who… — James A. Baldwin
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs… — James A. Baldwin
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. — J. G. Ballard
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good… — J. G. Ballard
I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to… — J. G. Ballard
My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes… — Eric Bana
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of… — Iain Banks
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other… — Russell Banks
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your… — Russell Banks
I used to love writing in my journal. — Tyra Banks
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. — Franklin P. Adams
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with… — John Banville
Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. — Clive Barker
Always be a poet, even in prose. — Charles Baudelaire
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I… — Roseanne Barr
To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline… — Roseanne Barr

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