There's hundreds of different ways of writing songs.

In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my…

— Joan Didion

In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

— Corey Smith

“In some ways, writing a memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist, if it’s done right.”

— Mary Karr

I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both words and…

— Stephen Hough

I really like to entertain myself in various ways when I'm writing.

— Meg Wolitzer

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

— Denise Levertov

I'm interested in ways of writing about the social world that don't assassinate the life that's in it

— Les Back

“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;…

— P. G. Wodehouse

The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of…

— John Green

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.

— Tama Janowitz

There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or…

— Elif Safak

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and…

— William Saroyan

I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life…

— P. G. Wodehouse

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

— Rod Serling

That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists.

— Jamie Lynn Spears