23 Best Writing Quotes

Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and 'fall into a vortex' as she expressed it.

Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room and 'fall into a vortex'.

Fear wrote last month’s story. Let courage author this one.

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. – Ishmael

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. – Faber

You know, I'm a writer. I use words for a living. I'm the master of my own domain, and "fine" just doesn't cut it. – Hank Moody

You can’t polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter. – Hank Moody

You know, for a writer, a reputation is as important as a penis. You only need one, and it’s best if it’s long and hard. – Hank Moody

I have a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. – Hank Moody

I'm a writer. I give the truth scope. – Hank Moody

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. – Benjamin Franklin

The camera is a pen. You can write with it. – Martin Scorsese

I think about the rhythm of the words. – Quentin Tarantino

I write from the opening scene to the closing scene. I don't write out of sequence. – Quentin Tarantino

I love the feeling of a finished script. It's the best. – Quentin Tarantino

I write all my own material. It's the only way I know how to do it. – Quentin Tarantino

I like to create characters that are full of life. – Quentin Tarantino

The best compliment is if people talk about the characters in my movies as if they're real people. – Quentin Tarantino

I am a writer who just happens to be a director. – Alfred Hitchcock

The most important single element in any film is the screenplay. It's the blueprint. – Francis Ford Coppola

The most important thing is the script. You can't make a good movie out of a bad script. – David Fincher

The most important thing is the script. You can't make a good movie out of a bad script. – David Fincher

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images. – Ingmar Bergman