Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
My brother plays guitar and base and writes. His name is Chase Ryan.
It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine.
I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase.
not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.
Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.
Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.
I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.
When I'm writing flawed characters, I just think about my own flaws.
In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.
The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing.
Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.
When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.
Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.
Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.
I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.
I use a lot of humor in my writing. But it's completely black humor.
Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.
The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.
I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.
Maybe poetry's not so important, but ... it makes life worth living.
Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times.
It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.
I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink.
We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.
Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.
Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.
Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.
Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what.
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.
As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.
I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself.
I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.
That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.
One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.
Publishers are thieves, they are on the other side of the barricade.
The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.
I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.
Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.
Part of being a writer is knowing when what you write is really bad.
I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night.
Do not write a check with your tongue that your actions cannot cash.
A painter can hang his pictures, but a writer can only hang himself.