Nerves Quote by Paul Theroux

I was on the Internet a lot during my teenage years, and I think the influence of that kind of textuality on my writing…

— Sally Rooney

Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard,…

— Anne Lamott

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn't it?

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I've never worked with a co-author before [Alison McGhee]. Writing for me is a pretty scary thing, so it was a huge comfort to…

— Kate DiCamillo

Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and…

— Sarah Kay

Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to really see…

— George Saunders

All I care about is that people who like me think I'm funny. I get on with writing pretty straight-down the line, old-fashioned stuff.

— Giles Coren

“I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's…

— Sarah Shahi

I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two.

— Tom Scholz

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

— Anne Tyler

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

— John C. Maxwell