Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Votes: 3
E. B. WhiteNever write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened. Votes: 3
Christopher MorleyWe wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up. Votes: 2
Kevin J. AndersonWrite something dangerous. Say something you shouldn't. Blow something up. But well. Votes: 0
Shalom AuslanderWhen male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead. Votes: 0
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsPeople who write obscurely are either unskilled in writing or up to mischief. Votes: 0
Marshall McLuhanI don't write cheques anymore because I end up signing them "with love, shan rukh" Votes: 0
Shah Rukh KhanRemember, if you write anything nasty about me, I'll come around and blow up your toilet. Votes: 0
Courtney LoveOne should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. Votes: 0
Arthur KoestlerI'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough. Votes: 0
Paloma FaithWrite to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinI'd rather sit down and write a letter than call someone up. I hate the telephone. Votes: 0
Henry MillerI grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours. Votes: 0
John HopeI usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole. Votes: 0
Kit WilliamsonMost of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. Votes: 0
Taylor SwiftI really wanted to do, more than anything else, up until I was around 16, 17, was write musicals. Votes: 0
David BowieHow vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauWriting and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. Votes: 0
Ernest HemingwayPeople who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars. Votes: 0
Ernest HemingwayYou never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Votes: 0
Saul BellowWhen I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing. Votes: 0
Grant HeslovSo long as I could write things down I could give up talking for a VERY long time. Votes: 0
Finn AndrewsI think that if you just write your characters you end up with something that people can access. Votes: 0
Ayana MathisSpiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. Votes: 0
Marianne WilliamsonWhen I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. Votes: 0
Roddy DoyleIf you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you. Votes: 0
Larry WallI think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch. Votes: 0
Aaron SorkinThe knowledge that it takes to write a poem gets burnt up in the writing of the poem. Votes: 0
Li-Young LeeI get up early and open my emails, write cheques, and answer the phone; whatever needs to be done. Votes: 0
Martin ParrFor my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down. Votes: 0
Janeane GarofaloPeople write a lot of similar material. That's why I try to come up with the most absurd jokes. Votes: 0
Daniel ToshI often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard. Votes: 0
Catherine FisherI have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second. Votes: 0
Colm ToibinI kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life. Votes: 0
Noah BaumbachThe more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up Votes: 0
Ben ParrI didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years. Votes: 0
Richard FordTake it from me: I really love making things up, which is why I write fiction for a living. Votes: 0
Kristin GoreI grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. Votes: 0
Andrea ArnoldIf I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it. Votes: 0
Patrick RothfussWrite a little bit every day, each day. Visit it, every day - in other words, show up for work. Votes: 0
Richard BauschLife piles up so fast that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfWriting is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song. Votes: 0
Colbie CaillatI didn't plan to write YA - I had a story that simply wasn't working as a straight-up fantasy novel. Votes: 0
Carrie VaughnSometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up. Votes: 0
Stephen KingI don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older. Votes: 0
Faith EvansThey asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me. Votes: 0
Eddie CampbellPeople say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukMy inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write. Votes: 0
Mary GardenI want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. Votes: 0
Annie LennoxI have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write. Votes: 0
Stephen ChboskyI grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way. Votes: 0
Allan SloanEvery day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me. Votes: 0
Marian KeyesWhen I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to. Votes: 0
Matt Smith