Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home. — Janet Fitch
It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement. — Ray Bradbury
I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other. — Terry McMillan
Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. — Charles Lamb
A young man fills out an application for a job and does well until he gets to the last question, "Who Should we notify in… — Milton Berle
I don't write cheques anymore because I end up signing them "with love, shan rukh" — Shahrukh Khan
Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are… — Mark Twain
We write our own destiny ...we become what we do. — Chiang Kai-shek
Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at… — Annette O'Toole
When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life. — Martin Gore
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my… — Jackie DeShannon
Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs,… — Johnny Ramistella
Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance. — Dan Greenburg
This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out. — Hortense Calisher
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably… — Saul Bellow
I remember being out here at the Sunset Marquis, and whoever knocked on the door, I would take that picture that I was writing and… — John Sayles
I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies. — Lana Del Rey
Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read. — Unknown Author
We are born at the rise of the curtain and we die with its fall, and every night in the presence of our patrons we… — Unknown Author
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop
I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world. — Unknown Author
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak;… — Unknown Author
Color is enslaved by line, that becomes writing. — Yves Klein
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour. — Unknown Author

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