I let people say and write what they want.

I won't let people write anything they want to about me.

— Gordon Ramsay

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

My dad and mom used to always say, 'Write your vision down. Write the things that you want to happen.' I would write, 'I…

— Ro James

Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only…

— Gene Wolfe

“What do you want? Let’s just start with the basics. Write down anything that you want in your life. These can be big or…

— Richard Brodie

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at…

— Erma Bombeck

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the…

— Uma Thurman

“No one cares about books, that’s why you can write anything you want in them.”

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.

— David F. Swensen

Gertrude Stein said, "I write for myself and strangers." I would say I write for myself, strangers and the great dead.

— Edward Hirsch

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

— Paul Achleitner

I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation - that's the…

— Jacqueline Woodson

When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you line them…

— Terry Pratchett

Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.

— Baltasar Gracian

Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could…

— Andre Gide