Quotes of: Writing Keyword

People write to me all the time, and I write back.

Lisa See

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetite...

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Malcolm Crowe: Do you know what free association writing is, Cole? Cole Sear: No. Malcolm Crowe: Free association writing is when you take a pencil in your hand and you put the pencil to a peice of paper and you start writing. You don't look at or th...

The Sixth Sense

Style and voice are different. Style is standard conventions of writing. Voice is the distinct way an individual puts words together. All good writers have a near-uniform understanding of style but a voice all their own.

The Complete Guide to Article Writing: How to Write Successful Articles for Online and Print Markets

Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a de...

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

1. Write every day 2. Write what interests you. 3. Write for the child inside of you. (Or the adult, if you are writing adult books.) 4. Write with honest emotion 5. Be careful of being facile 6. Be wary of preaching 7. Be prepared for serendipity Fi...

Jane Yolen

I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be bro...

Kristin Armstrong

When you write a story, don't just write it - live it; When putting words into the mouth of a protagonist (or any character) imagine yourself saying them and while writing about the reaction of the listener, write it the way you would react. Let the ...

Arti Honrao

To write is human, to edit is divine.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it.

Kathy Acker

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

Maurice Sendak

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

Meg Wolitzer

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.

Scott Speedman

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

Tucker Max

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on.

Buddy Ebsen

I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.

Jesse Eisenberg

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!

Jackie Evancho

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.

Perry Farrell

Write when you can't stop writing. Read when you stopped writing!

Life

I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.

Suzanne Collins

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway....

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems