--- title: "8 Come Write Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Come Write quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Come Write sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-faulkner-306_ideas_when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-d_267115.png" --- > [When ideas come, I write them; when they don't come, I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-don-t-come-i-don-t/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-faulkner-306_ideas_when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-d_267115.png) > [“Build it and they shall come, write it and they shall read .(me), but not the first bit though.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-coates/build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-and-they-shall-read-me-but-not/) [Karl Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/karl-coates-252061_books_build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-an_518700.jpg) > [People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-perry/people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-will-be-successful-for-them-and/) [Linda Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/linda-perry-8562_allow_people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-wi_523121.png) > [Making sentences is what I do. I mean, the story will come as I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/making-sentences-is-what-i-do-i-mean-the-story-will-come-as-i-write/) [Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/per-petterson-8468_come_making-sentences-is-what-i-do-i-mean-the_1574325.png) > [I have to live the content, then come back and write about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-armstrong/i-have-to-live-the-content-then-come-back-and-write-about-it/) [Heather Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/heather-armstrong-37449_blogging_i-have-to-live-the-content-then-come-bac_1720769.png) > [Remember, you didn’t come here to write your heart out. You came to write it in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-gibson/remember-you-didn-t-come-here-to-write-your-heart-out-you-came-to/) [Andrea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/andrea-gibson-3085_heart_remember-you-didn-t-come-here-to-write-y_2814038.png) > [I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-m-into-lately-being-a-little-less-precious-about-writing-and-being/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/andrew-bird-4041_gun_i-m-into-lately-being-a-little-less-prec_2941228.jpg) > [It was always going to be a blues, soul, and rock-'n'-roll thing, because those are our ingredients. That's where we come from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-taylor/it-was-always-going-to-be-a-blues-soul-and-rock-n-roll-thing-because/) [Daniel Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/daniel-taylor-22831_blues_it-was-always-going-to-be-a-blues-soul-a_3018378.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come-write/#itemlist", "name": "Come Write Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When ideas come, I write them; when they don't come, I don't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-don-t-come-i-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-faulkner-306_ideas_when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-d_267115.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-faulkner-306_ideas_when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-d_267115.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-faulkner-306_ideas_when-ideas-come-i-write-them-when-they-d_267115.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When ideas come, I write them; when they don't come, I don't.” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Build it and they shall come, write it and they shall read .(me), but not the first bit though.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karl Coates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-coates/build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-and-they-shall-read-me-but-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/karl-coates-252061_books_build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-an_518700.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/karl-coates-252061_books_build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-an_518700.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/karl-coates-252061_books_build-it-and-they-shall-come-write-it-an_518700.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Build it and they shall come, write it and they shall read .(me), but not the first bit though.” — Karl Coates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Linda Perry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-perry/people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-will-be-successful-for-them-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/linda-perry-8562_allow_people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-wi_523121.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/linda-perry-8562_allow_people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-wi_523121.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/linda-perry-8562_allow_people-come-to-me-to-write-songs-that-wi_523121.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so.” — Linda Perry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Making sentences is what I do. 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