Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

Tom Stoppard

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

John Zorn

I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something.

Kelley Armstrong

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

Kate DiCamillo

As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.

Katerina Stoykova Klemer

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

Lois Lowry

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'

Matthew Tobin Anderson

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

Mia Farrow

I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody.

Michael McKean

I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.

Rick Reilly

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

Rachel Scott

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Sheryl Crow

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

Mo Yan

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.'

Noel Clarke

What I do is write, and I try to write as closely as I can into what I call 'the mystery.'

Nick Flynn

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions.

Wietse Venema

Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.

Jesse Jackson

I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.

Jim C. Hines

The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot down a few notes, they have the idea that they can write songs.

Rudy Vallee

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

Don Mattingly

There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.

Sally Schneider