I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love…

It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I…

— Gary Allan

I write because I actually enjoy writing. It's a plus and a fringe benefit that, you know, I can actually provide for my family…

— Ne-Yo

I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too.

— Jackie Evancho

Overall, I just love performing so much that when I write, I want to write for me. I kind of learned that on 'Mr.…

— Paul F. Tompkins

I write just knowing that I enjoy writing. But if I have to write, it seems like nothing comes. But when I go there…

— Andrae Crouch

I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical about it.…

— Quentin Tarantino

“When I sit down to write I actually ask myself, 'Who do you want to be today?' ”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Starting is hard so I really need to give myself permission to do a bad job. I always give myself leave to write total…

— Ann Brashares

When I write, I actually hear the characters speak. Almost like an actor - even though I'm not an actor at all - getting…

— Kareem Mortimer

I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love songs cuz I don't really…

— Brie Larson

I always try to write about something that's actually happened or it doesn't always have to have happened to me, but it has to…

— Joss Stone

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

— Jamaica Kincaid

The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of "aspiring" writers is to a) actually write and b) actually finish. That's…

— Chuck Wendig

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down.…

— Paul McCartney

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.

— Christine Elise