You Write Quotes

619 quotes by 498 authors

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. — Ben Mezrich
Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel… — Anthony Minghella
Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill… — Samuel West
Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would… — Suzanne Vega
Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds… — Donna Jo Napoli
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have… — Kate DiCamillo
Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people.… — Jerry Pournelle
There is poetry in fiction. If you cannot see it and feel it when you write, you need to step back and examine what you… — Terry Brooks
If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you… — Octavia Butler
If you don't compromise your gift, if you write each day as well as you can, and then submit your work and not worry about… — James Lee Burke
I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only… — Jim Gaffigan
Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're… — Ornette Coleman
Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. — Elizabeth Edwards
I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about. — Gloria Vanderbilt
The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda,… — Billy Collins
I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and… — Sophie Kinsella
Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight.… — Jon Ronson
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. — Jay Asher
You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under… — James Lee Burke
These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself… — Linwood Barclay

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