Quotes of: I-write Keyword

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Laurence Sterne

I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder.

Mario Benedetti

You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.

Max Landis

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

Margaret Mahy

They say, 'Write what you know.' What I know isn't cheerleader; it has a little bit of teeth to it.

Melissa Marr

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.

Regina Spektor

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

R. L. Stine

I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.

A. S. Byatt

Interviewing Hugh McIlvanney, I got to read lots of his stuff again. I'm a big fan of his writing.

Sebastian Coe

I've always wanted to write about the other side of the tracks, the have-nots, maybe because that's who I was.

Matt de la Pena

I was never interested in writing novelizations. I'm still not. Especially not for 'Star Wars.'

Matthew Stover

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

Mattie Stepanek

Lots of my writing can be accurately called lesbian, but I myself am queer and date people of all genders.

Michelle Tea

I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.

Marguerite Young

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.

Neil Gaiman

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

Lisa Scottoline

I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.

Erin Morgenstern

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.

Natan Sharansky

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

Ashley Rickards

I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

August Wilson

I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a mom and how not to be perfect.

Melissa Peterman