I always feel that I am writing for somebody who is bright…

Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to…

— Stan Lee

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

— Kesha

I've never written for anybody else. For me, it was a challenge. I write for me. I don't write for anybody else. And what…

— Teddy Pendergrass

Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.

— Peter Morgan

It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.

— Alessandro Nivola

I've had that situation where I start writing somebody really miserable, and in order to make the story come alive, I have to give…

— George Saunders

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

— Adam Clymer

I think the moment you're writing about somebody who's not exactly you, then the challenge is all equal.

— Nick Hornby

When anybody tells you something about writing, somebody will tell you something completely different and they will also be right

— Melvyn Bragg

To me some of the greatest writing is when somebody puts something in words that you felt and experienced and you go, that's it.

— Rob Bell

I'm definitely feeling whatever's going on pretty hard. It's like playing Barbies. You're holding the Barbies, but all of the action is happening inside…

— Zoe Kazan

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and…

— Adele

“I increasingly feel that my writing creates me...I am the invention of my own words~ ”

— Ledo Ivo

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

— James Salter

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

— Rose Tremain