Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
It is much easier not to write like a man than to write like a woman.
I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.
Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.
Whenever one writes a book one should have a notional reader in mind.
I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.
I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.
I've been writing for so long I got a lot of different ways to write.
Remember that 'plumber in space' is not such a bad setup for a story.
Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.
I'm probably more interested in sentences than anything else in life.
When I write a story, it's not like I'm thinking about what I'm doing
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.
I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness.
I find it incredibly difficult to write anything that's really happy.
The more I write, the more the silence seems to be eating away at me.
For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now.
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.
Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.
I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.
I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.
The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.
The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that.
If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.
Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.
If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer.
It kills your writing if you try to manipulate it with crude politics.
If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.
Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.
Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.
I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
There is an art of reading, an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.
I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. I mean, I don't write for kids.
Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
I'm a physical learner. I learn from writing drafts, not reading them.
I write to try to understand, and because I have nothing better to do.
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.
A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.
I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.
I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.
Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.