Never Quote by Martin McDonagh

Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.

— Sylvia Browne

“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing, and I…

— Billy Marshall Stoneking

How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the…

— Ellen Gilchrist

“The most dangerous lie we tell ourselves is that writing novels shouldn't feel like a job.”

— Kameron Hurley

What do I do when writing isn't going well? Well, I don't write - which is symptom, cure, and cause. And then sometimes I…

— Lorrie Moore

If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your…

— Dana Brunetti

There's an old adage in writing: 'Don't tell, but show.' Writing is not psychology. We do not talk 'about' feelings. Instead the writer feels…

— Natalie Goldberg

I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every…

— Silas House

My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down…

— Alan Lightman

“I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have attended to…

— Dani Shapiro

People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published, that you might as well hang yourself.…

— Anonymous

“writing about drugs is like that though, isn't it? You can just tell when someone is writing about drugs and they've never really done…

— Irvine Welsh