Doe Quote by John Green

I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line.

— Hannes Holm

The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not…

— Wole Soyinka

“In my classes, we read great fiction obsessively, and then attempt to see how a writer managed to affect us. We try to understand…

— Dean Bakopoulos

Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in…

— Connie Willis

Writing works when publications are writing and serving the best interest of their users; numbers are good yardstick but not a way to compensate…

— Om Malik

Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another.

— Robert Munsch

Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams.

— Steven Knight

The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not…

— Wole Soyinka

I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've…

— Irvine Welsh

I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who…

— Richard Simmons

I can picture certain things in my mind, while writing the script, but then I can also tell that everyone else might be a…

— Rob Zombie

You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your…

— Buck Brannaman