I write Quotes · Page 11

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

— James Salter

I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that.

— Edmund White

I write a lot in my head. I've never been driven to write things down.

— Edward P. Jones

I write a lot of shows with outcasts in the lead. Think of Elphaba.

— Stephen Schwartz

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

— Christopher McQuarrie

I write a song for me and I sing a song for me - no one else.

— Hank Williams III

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.

— Isabel Allende

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

— Pink

I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way I…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

Making reading an enjoyable activity for children is a challenge. So I ensure that I write in a way that is fun…

— Ken Spillman

One reason I relate to 'Veronica Mars' fans is because I can totally geek out about shows. I mean, I write Vince…

— Rob Thomas

My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella it's fast, all-out…

— Sophie Kinsella

Some things that I write, you'll see a page with cartoon pictures or a drawing of a car - like a Ford…

— Andrae Crouch

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves…

— Siegfried Lenz

The key to understanding my career is that I was never into technology. From the beginning, I brought an outsider's point of…

— David Pogue

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured…

— Joss Whedon

It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's…

— Ben Schwartz

Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But…

— Mary Roach

I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee,…

— Orhan Pamuk

I've never worried about 'the reader' because there isn't one. There are thousands, and they all have strong opinions, from 'Magician' was…

— Raymond E. Feist

Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much…

— Patricia MacLachlan

I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,…

— Denis Leary

I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague,…

— Mary Roach

I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately, I feel like it…

— Eve Bunting

I say I'm an academic: a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins. And I write.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A.

— Teena Marie

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.

— Stanley Tucci

I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.

— Daphne Gottlieb

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

— Lykke Li

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

— Jostein Gaarder

I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.

— Mattie Stepanek

The way I write possibly shouldn't be turned on serious things.

— Giles Coren

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

— Maurice Sendak

I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write.

— Kathryn Lasky

I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.

— Violante Placido

What I write about in my novels is also what's in my life.

— Elin Hilderbrand

In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books.

— Meg Rosoff

When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.

— Alan Menken

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen