We do not write because we want to; we write because we…

I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.

— Salman Rushdie

“I don't write because I want to write. I do it because I have to. I just wish it was my day job.”

— Stephanie Michel

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.

— Anne Frank

When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are going to…

— Lynn Nottage

I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for…

— Lisa Marie Presley

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

— J. K. Rowling

“Just write what You want to write, how You want to write it! K.D.Faerydae”

— K.D. Faerydae

When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and…

— Dashiell Hammett

I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of any particular…

— Harold Pinter

“Just write what YOU want to write; how YOU want to write it!”

— K.D. Faerydae

I don't want to always be the one to start the conversation. I want you to write me first. I want you to want…

— Leslie

“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent…

— Ray Bradbury

I think it's possible for anybody to write what they want to write - superheroes, historical, period drama, 'Game Of Thrones' - it's just…

— Lenny Henry

What I've always said was, hang in there, let me write what I want to write, and you'll probably like it.

— Terry Pratchett

Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now. Write down what you want most and see it often.

— Peter Vidmar