Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that… — William S. Burroughs
It is wrong to be harsh with the New York critics, unless one admits in the same breath that it is a condition of their… — Raymond Chandler
Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have… — Isaac Asimov
If Shakespeare was alive today, he'd be writing wrestling shows. — Chris Jericho
It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs. — Gerald Brenan
An acquaintance of mine, a notary by profession, who, by perpetual writing, began first to complain of an excessive wariness of his whole right arm… — Bernardino Ramazzini
The Whig interpretation of history ... is the tendency in many historians to write on the side of Protestants and Whigs, to praise revolutions provided… — Herbert Butterfield
I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires… — John Irving
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric. — Evelyn Waugh
Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone… — Laura Hillenbrand
For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me. — Danny Elfman
The Jews invented the legend of the Nazi atrocities... Anyone who reads the Koran and the holy writings of the monotheistic religions sees what they… — Hassan Nasrallah
When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It… — Maya Angelou
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other… — Morris West
I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a… — Michael Irvin
I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.' — Brett Favre
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.… — Octavia Butler
At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It… — Elliot Perlman
Write what haunts you. What keeps you up at night. What you are unable to get out of your mind. Sometimes they are the hardest… — Edwidge Danticat
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich
Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If something isn't working, if you have a story that you've built and it's blocked and you can't figure it out, take your favorite scene,… — Joss Whedon
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the… — Barack Obama
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of our… — Barack Obama
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time. It pays off… — Raymond Chandler

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