Quotes of: Write Keyword

If you want help in starting to write memoirs, you don't want to fall into the clutches of a famous writer who has been hired to teach at a writing workshop solely because of his name's ability to attract students, rather than because of any teaching...

Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit

I do not, can not write just for money. Lord knows I haven't made much. I write because it is what my Father has given me to do. I do not mean that He woke me one morn, put His finger to my forehead and commanded me write. I mean He quietly and gentl...

Life

On the other hand, inspiration - a criterion for canonization we might expect to play a great role - is not a factor. The Shepherd of Hermas and many writings either claimed inspiration or had it claimed for them, yet were neither universally nor ult...

The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation

It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up....

Philip Pullman

What was the difference between Anne Frank and any other 15 year old girl living the same nightmare? Nothing! Aside from the fact that Anne spoke through her writings while others kept silent. Someone very special to me recently asked how can I write...

Katandra Jackson Nunnally

I do enjoy writing, and I hope someone gets something interesting out of this book. I already have. Now, If I ever have to write a book that is not about me, I may be totally stumped and have writer's block. We will see. Writing is very convenient, h...

Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re cl...

Alan W. Watts

Heaven means to be one with God.

Essential Writings of Confucianism: The Analects of Confucius and the Mencius

Life is not a submarine.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

William Styron

...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

The Writing Class

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.

Garry Marshall

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

Thomas Perry

If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not.

Mary-Kate Olsen

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

Stephen Gaghan

I'm not entirely sure why I write.

Sarah MacLean

It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

Steven Wright

I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.

Taylor Swift

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

Joss Whedon

I write about true-life type things.

Karen Kingsbury

Beginning to write, you discover what you have to write about.

Kit Reed