Quotes of: Writing Keyword

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found mys...

Maya Angelou

A direct relationship exists between the caliber of the writing you read and the caliber of the writing you make.

Dancing on the Head of a Pen: The Practice of a Writing Life

My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

I kind of write about visual art the way Roger Angell writes about baseball, which is to say, you're writing about life: it's a somewhat focused, limited terrain in which you write about everything.

Lawrence Weschler

There’s really only one good writing habit: You must write constantly.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.

Leon Uris

Writing Tip: Don't let the "writing rules" bog you down when you're writing the first draft; they don't matter when you're writing the story, only when you're editing the story.

Linda Westphal

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too.

Amy Bloom

I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

Erin Morgenstern

As an author, I want to write what I’m inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel like the books will ultimately be better if my heart is fully into what I’m writing.

Colleen Hoover

I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't go on to write a novel comprised of short writing exercises.

Chang-Rae Lee

One constant writing ritual, no matter what I'm writing, is that I cannot write if people are around me. It wigs me out - the idea that someone is reading as I'm writing stuff.

Jennifer Armentrout

Writing a TV show is totally different than writing features, or just, what I started doing is writing features. You write a little bit more organically. You start from the beginning to the end, beginning, middle and end.

David Labrava

I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's co...

Mandy Moore

There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than wr...

Lisa Loeb

Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presen...

Brian Greene

I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.

Tom Araya

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

Jane Yolen

Just write what YOU want to write; how YOU want to write it!

K.D. Faerydae

Just write what You want to write, how You want to write it! K.D.Faerydae

K.D. Faerydae

I don't know why I write what I write.

Bret Easton Ellis