I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I do my business in the morning, and then at 2 P.M., I write fiction for the rest of the day. I… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
I write about whatever turns up. Every single day, I'm sitting down for three to five hours in the evenings wrestling away… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle to find the English equivalent of… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
Winning the Pulitzer is wonderful and it's an honor and I feel so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write… — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into… — Paul Anka Copy Share Image
I have to re-write a lot. I couldn't tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I've done at least… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I always write stories, and I write poems, too. I just never sell them to anybody, but I write them. They're good,… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have… — Lorraine Adams Copy Share Image
Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
I don't write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is important to me is that when I write something, people listen to me. I provide my wisdom to people, whether… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
I write because I have always been curious about what it would feel like to be someone else, in a different situation.… — Gillian Cross Copy Share Image
I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of… — Alexis Dziena Copy Share Image
Like, even when I speak, I think I speak the same way I write. I kind of see it a certain way,… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
I write just knowing that I enjoy writing. But if I have to write, it seems like nothing comes. But when I… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side… — Eve Copy Share Image
Music is emotional. Your job is to make people feel something. The best way to do that is to sing and speak… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
