Think more, write less!

“Write. If you've always dreamed of being a writer, write. Even if you think what you write is crap, write. You might be surprised…

— Stephen Woods

I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am.

— Edward Gorey

I sometimes think I should write a book. I've seen some things, you know, but it's all there in the songs.

— Dizzee Rascal

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful place to…

— Ray Davies

I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American middle class.

— Stephen Karam

I am furious at all the letters to answer, when all I want to do is think and write poems. ... I long for…

— May Sarton

One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think if I…

— Rebecca Miller

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

— Robert Falcon Scott

“Sitting to think of what to write will only set your ass on fire, give you headache, twist your face to look stupid, instead,…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and…

— Cynthia Ozick

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

— David Byrne

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big,…

— Larry Winget

People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe.…

— Billie Eilish