Books Quote by M.V. Carey

I think as the world changes, we have to keep up. We have to note what is happening, and I think writing has always…

— Lee Smith

“More and more I don't have any philosophy about writing, except that it is something we can do if God is good to us.…

— M.V. Carey

“It's good to write badly. Things can only get better.”

— Alan Dapre

“I began writing late; my first articles and stories were published after I was thirty, and I was motivated by money. Money is not…

— M.V. Carey

“Young people ask why I became a writer, as if it were something I decided. I didn't decide; it grew on me like ivy.”

— M.V. Carey

I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more insights that…

— Nick Petrie

I think writing is a process that starts long before the writers are actually writers and probably goes on long afterward. It's rather like…

— Jeanette Winterson

What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us,…

— Andre Dubus

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

— Tennessee Williams

The only thing I've ever regretted is not writing more; not being more honest; not saying how it really is in Baghdad. It's hard…

— Michael Hastings

Definitely, I did not, after 'SNL,' say, 'OK, first I'll go be in Alexander Payne's movie.' I thought I might go back to writing,…

— Will Forte

Honesty and truth in writing is so important, and I think that YA writing above all is honest, and I think that appeals to…

— Sabaa Tahir