Bird Quote by Rene Char

Why did I become a writer? A bird's feather on my windowpane in winter and all at once there arose in my heart a…

— Rene Char

I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.

— Jack Vance

Writing was a chimney for my blazing ambitions.

— Storm Jameson

“Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.”

— Don Roff

It has gone past me now, the writing phase.

— Rod Stewart

What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the…

— Paul Di Filippo

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return…

— Penelope Lively

time stood still. I fell into that beloved space that writers fall into, the reason most write, as it's better than drugs or alcohol…

— Meg O'Brien

My writing did turn out to be quite intact, as it has all my experiences gathered at one place.

— Sonali Bendre

By the time I was 23 or 24 and had written the first manuscript of 'The Final Winter', I knew I wanted to make…

— Matthew Nable

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though. It's what…

— Charlie Pierce