Writing Quotes and Sayings

I don't think a lot of bands and artists work as hard as we do on the creation, on the writing, the arrangements and the recording in our format.

Bands • Creation • Hard • Lot • Think • Work • Writing

We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.

Live • Now • Out • Right • Songs • Studio • Writing

So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as you go. Want to add a dragon? Add a dragon! Want some magic? Throw it in. But the thing is, regardless of whether you're dealing with realism or fantasy, every world has rules. Make sure to establish a natural order.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

Dragon • Fantasy • Fantasy Every World • Go • Magic • Many People • People • Realism • Regardless • Sure • Thing • Think • Whether • World • Writing

I tend to like writing characters that are not typical heroes.

Nora K. Jemisin

Characters • Heroes • Like • Tend • Typical Heroes • Writing

It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing.

Nora K. Jemisin

Anything Unique • Doing • Field Period • Practice • Unique • Within • Writing

Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy.

Nora K. Jemisin

Fact • Fantasy • Like • Readers • Seem • Traditional • Writing

Knowing about authors' beliefs helps you understand how those beliefs influence their writing, and things you thought meant one thing, once you've got enough information about that writer, you suddenly realize mean an entirely different thing. That makes a difference.

Nora K. Jemisin

Authors • Beliefs • Difference • Enough • Helps • Influence • One Thing • Thought • Writing • You

I'm writing from a place of – a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

Authenticity • Center • Know • Only • Place • Writing

I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean – not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't know what they were saying, so I would just write everything down as I heard it. I would recite it and imitate it like that. That's how I started to write my own raps.

Down • Each Word • Everything • Know • Lyrics • My Own • Own • Phonetically • Raps • Saying • Writing

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Elwyn Brooks White

Act • Faith • Grammar • Trick • Writing

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Elwyn Brooks White

Bad • Hard Work • Health • Work • Writing

I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.

Elwyn Brooks White

Born • Man • Many • Men • Nonpolitical • Perpendicular • Piece • Political • Slant • Upright • Way • Writing

I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

Growing • Growth • Guitarist • Learning • Musician • Writing

I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.

Alan Alexander Milne

Always • Books • Children • Escape • Once • Punch • Up • Writing