Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which… — Buffalo Bill
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings
Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as… — Jo Bonner
As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. — Bjork
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and… — Bjork
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise. — Lewis Black
Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible; it's like having a homework assignment every stinking day until it's done. And… — Lewis Black
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. — William Blake
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. — Judy Blume
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to… — James Blunt
My movies are unadorned, they're not particularly fancy, I think they're kind of workmanlike in some ways, focusing on the writing and the acting. — Ben Affleck
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than… — Derek Bok
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a… — John Bolton
Ability is nothing without opportunity. — Napoleon Bonaparte
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help. — Unknown Author
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these… — Edward de Bono
Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. — Jorge Luis Borges
The central problem of novel-writing is causality. — Jorge Luis Borges
Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. — Jorge Luis Borges
Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. — David Bowie
I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. — Ray Bradbury
I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something… — Michelle Branch
I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying. — Elayne Boosler

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