I write what I'm interested in.

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested…

— Eric Brown

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you…

— Tracy Chevalier

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I can only write what I would be interested in.

— Lee Mack

My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If…

— Michael Scott

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I…

— Stacy Schiff

Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I…

— Langhorne Slim

I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write.

— Clive Cussler

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a…

— Richard Powers

Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think…

— Jane Siberry

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

— Lydia Lunch

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel