Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.
There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.
I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.
I have a theory you shouldn't write a book unless you have something to say.
I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.
I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords.
Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor.
The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world.
She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.
The only time to believe any kind of rating is when it shows you at the top.
You can't sort of write the novel as if you're taking dictation from heaven.
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.
This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.
I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.
All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.
When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him.
A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
All worthwhile writing... comes from an individual vision, privately pursued.
How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
Oh, southern rappers... so hard to write a rhyme when you only know 30 words.
Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life.
Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
I still don't think I have a vocation - and writing is a way of avoiding one.
Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.
When you're writing you're trying to find out something which you don't know.
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.
You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day.
To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.
Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws.
I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show.
Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life.
Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.
The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.
I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.
Everything I say about [writing] battles applies equally well in the boudoir.
The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them.
Life is nearly over with me. I have taken no pains about my style of writing.
Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.
When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.
No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.
I love the fact that you collaborate with your readers when you write a book.