In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.
The secret is writing down one simple line after another.
Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures.
Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.
I think all writing is done through memory.
I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale.
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.
Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.
Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.
I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally.
I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.
In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.
Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.
I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
There's some things I can't write about, just terrible personal tragedies.
When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.
Write bylaws in a simple language—no one needs an advanced degree to understand them.
I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.
My personal view is that until there is a disincentive to write lies and abusive comments it's going to continue.