When I write notes in my journal, I'm just trying to scribble down as much as possible. Later on, I decide whether… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women. — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is… — Siegfried Lenz Copy Share Image
For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say,… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform… — Estelle Copy Share Image
Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I begin early in the morning and edit everything I wrote the previous day. I write until mid-afternoon. My goal is to… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
I make up stories in my head all the time, but I've never written them down. But I write a lot of… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for… — Angeles Mastretta Copy Share Image
I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Writing isn't a job so much as a compulsion. I've been writing since I was very young because for some strange reason,… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness. — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
My studio, nicknamed 'Funny Farm,' is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I write all year, and at the end of the year I put an album out. And if sucks, it sucks, and… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good to… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I write - though perhaps it sounds pretentious to say so - to make a clearing in the wilderness, to find out… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
It was the part of Gambian culture where they give each other advice a lot, how they're always comparing things in order… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation. — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back… — Donald McKay Copy Share Image
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I have to believe everything I write is brand new and I'm writing in this way about these people in a completely… — Kit Reed Copy Share Image
I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep… — James Salter Copy Share Image
