Direct Quote by Michael Pollan

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

— Katherine Paterson

Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can give a…

— Ernest Hemingway

When I'm writing in my bedroom, in a bar, at my kitchen table or wherever, I'm conjuring it all up on the page. That's…

— Quentin Tarantino

As a writer, I need a creative outlet and that's why I do stand-up.

— Soupy Sales

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

— Jim Gaffigan

A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around…

— John Trudell

Whatever I'm writing has seemed to be about something I don't feel I could freely express in my everyday life, and stand-up is a…

— Jaboukie Young-White

Never write about a place until you're away from it, because that gives you perspective

— Ernest Hemingway

For me writing is that place where I can escape; it's where I let my thoughts run wild.

— Ella Henderson

Where you stand depends where you sit.

— Chester A. Arthur

Writing about a place is, of course, one good way of feeling close to it, feeling you have made something out of your interaction…

— Sean Michael Wilson

I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places,…

— Jackie Collins