Quotes of: Write Keyword

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

Holly Johnson

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

Haruki Murakami

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.

Joan Armatrading

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

John Sladek

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

Joss Stone

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

Noah Baumbach

It's weird, because I don't feel prolific. I don't write anything for months at a time.

Richard Greenberg

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

Sara Paretsky

Truman Capote: It's the book I was always meant to write.

Capote

Matchmaker: Fa Mulan. Mulan: Present! Matchmaker: [writing] Speaking without permission... Mulan: Oops.

Mulan

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

Serenity

If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.

Amish Tripathi

It's all about the money. Write a check, and you can build anything you want.

Greg Brenneman

No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.

Jami Attenberg

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.

Carl Sandburg

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

Ellen Bass

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.

Robert Morgan

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

Robert Morgan

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.

Robert Morgan

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

Natalie Goldberg

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

Lynda Barry