#writing

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#reading #writing #opinions

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#could #down #i #lines #move

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#storytelling #literature

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#king #liked #me #once #stephen

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#first #gotten #i #more #since

Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#always #artist #elvis #generosity #highly

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing. ↗

— Iris Dement

#emotions #ended #i #maybe #more

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed. ↗

— Anita Desai

#day #effort #every #every day #honed

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#anything #ended #i #know #rewriting

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#anything #basically #because #being #being a girl