The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New Testament studies and a sense of the ruling elite in theology and biblical studies.
I write nothing but contemporary romances.
I write these shows one joke at a time. There's no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there's not continuity.
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.
I didn't want to write a cheffy cookbook with dehydrated ham chips.
I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved.
When I began to write, I was surprised at how little London had been used in crime fiction. Places such as Edinburgh or Oxford or L.A. seemed to have stronger identities.
With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on.
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
I'm really not a journalist, and I don't do a ton of newsy pieces. Occasionally I'll write about something that's going on recently, but I really don't do a ton of stuff that's tied to current events.
Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.
And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site.
Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.
The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.
