I write Quotes · Page 8

I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.

— Christopher Hitchens

When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If…

— Nicola Cornick

I write all of my music.

— Jorja Smith

Most of the stories I write are women's stories - but the darker, unseen stories.

— Frankie Shaw

As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I…

— Enrique Vila-Matas

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

— James Toback

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

I write on all instruments.

— Billy Sherwood

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

I'm so deeply interested in what it feels like to be other people that I get to operate under the illusion when…

— Elizabeth Strout

I don't write duets - I write songs for my voice.

— Tarja Turunen

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

— Mika

I write for myself. It's therapy.

— Dawn Richard

I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I…

— Christian Serratos

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing…

— Conor Oberst

I need complete silence when I write.

— Chris Bohjalian

I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in…

— Miguel Syjuco

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

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity.…

— Sarah MacLean

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.

— Pink

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

— Laurence Fox

I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as…

— Michael Koryta

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

I write plays about big, intense subjects.

— Anna Deavere Smith