Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. Votes: 4
Jules RenardYou cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself. Votes: 3
Gene Stratton-PorterIt sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours. Votes: 3
Anne BernaysI've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me. Votes: 3
Holland TaylorTalent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred. Votes: 3
Jules RenardFlowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinAll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. Votes: 3
Ernest HemingwayMysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. Votes: 3
Fred SaberhagenThe life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. Votes: 3
J.M. BarrieI have always been able to write on the spot. It is a talent that I guess comes naturally. Votes: 3
AshantiYour eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet. Votes: 3
RumiYou will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. Votes: 3
Mignon McLaughlinI do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin. Votes: 3
Melissa Lee-HoughtonOh my God, I never really tweet, but there's a moment every day I write one and then delete it. Votes: 3
James CordenSometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe. Votes: 3
Toni MorrisonI don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road Votes: 3
Tommy ShawI could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology Votes: 0
Zbigniew HerbertWrite the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterBeethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. Votes: 0
Ludwig van BeethovenDear Aspiring Author; Write with heart. Put that open, honest, bare soul on paper. Votes: 0
Victoria LaurieI get so sick and tired of Wikipedia. People write their own crap on there. Votes: 0
Larry the Cable GuyI don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability. Votes: 0
Leonard CohenI write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. Votes: 0
Jeffery DeaverThere is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonWrite on a subject you love. Your profit center should also be your passion center. Votes: 0
Dan PoynterI don't even know how to Direct Message someone on Instagram. I still write letters. Votes: 0
Margot RobbieI'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters. Votes: 0
Kimora Lee SimmonsSince I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads. Votes: 0
Janet EvanovichI'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. Votes: 0
Alex KapranosNothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book. Votes: 0
Brandon SandersonAnd write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass. Votes: 0
John DrydenGoals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down! Votes: 0
Brian TracyDon't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write. Votes: 0
George SingletonMy mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Votes: 0
Philip LevineOn my tombstone, I really hope that someday they will write: He was true but partial... Votes: 0
Ken WilberLetters of the condemned. Last words scratched on a cellâs wall. To write like that. Votes: 0
Anna KamienskaActually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north. Votes: 0
Kate MosseThe subjectâs pulse increased on contact,â he said. âDonât write that. Votes: 0
Becca FitzpatrickIf you want to give the devil a message, write it on the bottom of your shoes. Votes: 0
Andrew WommackWhen I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar. Votes: 0
Nina NesbittLife is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. Votes: 0
Elizabeth EdwardsOne of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. Votes: 0
Jon AndersonI'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me. Votes: 0
Carrie FisherI just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once. Votes: 0
Danielle SteelIt's a good thing, right, when an author gets turned on by the dirty scenes they write?! Votes: 0
Martha SweeneyIf you're selfish enough to kill yourself write your suicide note on the back of your will Votes: 0
Stanley Victor PaskavichIf only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisI write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had. Votes: 0
Aziz AnsariThe more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own. Votes: 0
Stephen KingDon't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Votes: 0
Jack LondonWork. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better. Votes: 0
S.J. WatsonA writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious. Votes: 0
Anton ChekhovAll of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Votes: 0
Bobby KnightSome people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. Votes: 0
Sharon JonesSometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it. Votes: 0
Sylvester StalloneA novel must be judged on its merits, not on how hard the journey was to write it. Votes: 0
Johnny RichThe only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts. Votes: 0
Vachel LindsayIt's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check. Votes: 0
Erle Stanley GardnerI always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going. Votes: 0
Meg RosoffNothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it. Votes: 0
Erica JongAny play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage. Votes: 0
Alan AldaWhen you're a writer on a show, your job is to write in the show runner's voice, really. Votes: 0
Noah HawleyI'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write. Votes: 0
Katherine PatersonIt's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes. Votes: 0
Tori AmosMy real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me Votes: 0
DrakeYou could write a joke in the pub at lunchtime and watch it performed on television that evening. Votes: 0
Eric IdleYou must become an expert on a product, service or anything you write about to really be effective. Votes: 0
Joseph SugarmanYou write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one. Votes: 0
Theodore SturgeonI know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano Votes: 0
Fiona AppleYou could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin. Votes: 0
Orson WellesTo some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write. Votes: 0
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniIt would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city. Votes: 0
Susan HillI like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it! Votes: 0
Alexander WangThe New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life. Votes: 0
Anna QuindlenIf you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. Votes: 0
David BelascoI want to write a song based on my own childbirth. Of course, this is all a bit premature. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzPeople always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about. Votes: 0
Marc AlmondI think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. Votes: 0
Jon AndersonI'm working on a new novel, in its 3rd draft, but it's hard to write while doing 7th Heaven. Votes: 0
Stephen CollinsI don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. Votes: 0
Andrew BirdI used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics Votes: 0
Henry RollinsSo much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport. Votes: 0
Upamanyu ChatterjeeI write down inspirational things on cards that I keep in my bag and look at during the round. Votes: 0
Yani TsengI could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine. Votes: 0
Barry BondsI have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. Votes: 0
Patrick O'BrianI never feel I'm standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear. Votes: 0
Paul AusterI often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard. Votes: 0
Catherine FisherIt's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. Votes: 0
Jon TurteltaubNever write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened. Votes: 0
Christopher MorleyI've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage. Votes: 0
David CrossLike everyone else, I was born naked and screaming, waiting for my life to write itself on my skin. Votes: 0
Kat Von DWear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends. Votes: 0
Fennel HudsonI talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking. Votes: 0
Alistair CookeAll I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people. Votes: 0
Chely WrightWhen I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing. Votes: 0
James RichardsonMay God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal! Votes: 0
Kate DiCamilloTo live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself. Votes: 0
Henrik IbsenI don't really write jokes. I wait for stuff to happen in life, and then I tell it on stage. Votes: 0
Kathleen MadiganWhen you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como. Votes: 0
Franz LisztMy past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar. Votes: 0
Steve VaiWe write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller. Votes: 0
David GrossmanMy God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show. Votes: 0
Gabriel García MárquezI want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing. Votes: 0
Jack WhitehallI like to write books where I get a question on the radio, and I don't have an answer for it. Votes: 0
Dave RamseyI still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand. Votes: 0
Natalie GoldbergI think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on. Votes: 0
Philip RothI have a car business and if I had to do an estimate on my face, I would probably write it off. Votes: 0
Jim WattI wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. Votes: 0
Jami AttenbergI write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it. Votes: 0
Billy Bob ThorntonGod knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion. Votes: 0
Martin Gore