The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.
It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition. - Isaac Asimov
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. - Isaac Asimov
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy then an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then it becomes a tyrant and, in the last stage, just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. - C.S. Lewis
Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones. - C.S. Lewis
The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I'm replaying an event through a song. - Jason Mraz
When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages. - Jason Mraz
It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships, friendships, encounters... there's always a lesson to be learned from them. - Jason Mraz
Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer. - Jason Mraz
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me. - Larry David
When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books. - Anthony Bourdain
In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as if I were writing, although I wasn't actually doing any writing. - Anthony Bourdain
'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia. - Anthony Bourdain
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