For the most part, I like to record music as I write it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
When I write legally, I try to write very plain, very vanilla, very clear. — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through. — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. She's truthful and… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
The next time I write a play - in order to get audience trust for a particular sort of tragic line, I'll… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
If I do a bit on stage, I prepare too much. Those bits are all really, really carefully written, and overwritten, and… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I write little quotes all the time to help encourage people to come together, like this one: 'If fate happens to toss… — Matthew Underwood Copy Share Image
I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what… — K'naan Copy Share Image
I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it. — Kat Dahlia Copy Share Image
Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I don't really have a metaphor for how I write, but it kinda feels like chipping away at a big dark object… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
In every novel, I write about something - a place, an experience, an emotion - with which I'm intimately familiar, but it's… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I… — John Logan Copy Share Image
The core of me is country. It's what I love. It's what I write. Even when I sing pop stuff, I'm still… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with… — Kaki King Copy Share Image
I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anybody I write about who I don't care for deeply in some way, no matter what their behavior… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
