Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.

James Rollins

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

Margaret Atwood

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

Augusten Burroughs

The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzer...

Jeffrey Eugenides

I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.

Maya Angelou

What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.

Michael Koryta

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.

Lena Dunham

I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended.

Christopher Darden

When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.

Bat for Lashes

Hemingway suggested you write the truest sentence you know. I say write the falsest one you don’t know. This is fiction.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical.

Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings, 1969-1989

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

The American Soul: TK

Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.

He Died With His Eyes Open

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

The key of life symbolizes the map of existence. Once you free yourself from all resistance, your path will become white for the remainder of the distance.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Nothing exists without a purpose. Every experience you have in this lifetime was written for you to grow into the light you were meant to be.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Love is a flower that should never cease to grow. Nurture it, and it will outlive you. Neglect it, and it will wilt away and die.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

The number of ways you can live in one lifetime is limitless. So why limit yourself? The sky is NOT the limit. Beyond the universe is.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Never follow a follower who is following someone who has fallen. It's why the whole world is falling apart.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem