I write what I write.

I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read…

— Orhan Pamuk

I'm always telling my students go to law school or become a doctor, do something, and then write. First of all you should have…

— Jamaica Kincaid

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

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

— Luis Alberto Urrea

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

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

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

— Lydia Lunch

Write: write letters. Keep journals. Besides your children, there is no surer way of achieving immortality.

— Ken Burns

“I always tell myself, 'you can write anything, but first you have to write something'.”

— Kevan Duke

If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If…

— Anne Rice

“Write it. Just write it. Write it on receipts in the car while you wait for your kid to finish their piano lessons, scribble…

— Melodie Ramone