You Write Quotes

619 quotes by 486 authors

Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words… — F. Sionil Jose
I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too. — Sarah Mlynowski
You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on the rich and powerful my… — Dominick Dunne
Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the unexpected… — Jane Hirshfield
I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A… — Elaine Pagels
When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic… — Antonio Munoz Molina
Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want to inflate their… — Matt Damon
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and,… — Claire Cameron
When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking. — Olivier Megaton
When you cast somebody, you write to their strengths. — Geoff Stults
Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it. — James Altucher
When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and… — Sam Shepard
When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books… — O.R. Melling
Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump,… — Raina Telgemeier
I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where… — Orhan Pamuk
I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more you write about… — Pico Iyer
Nobody thinks mystery writers go around killing people, but they always seem to assume singers are singing about themselves, especially if you write melancholy songs… — Del Shannon
Writing a TV show is totally different than writing features, or just, what I started doing is writing features. You write a little bit more… — David Labrava
People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing.… — John Scalzi
When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think… — Michael LeBoeuf

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