I'm not trying to write a perfect record. I'm just trying to nail a moment in time. — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
“Writing is hard, but I don’t want to kill myself trying to write. Not unless I’m writing a suicide note.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations. — John Sandford Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The one thing I'm terrified of trying to write about is sex. I mean my God, my wife might read it or… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Food becomes very secondary when you're trying to write songs, funnily enough. I think a good snack and a good tea break… — Griff Copy Share Image
It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
I'm not working on anything. I was trying to write something new . . . I guess the goal for me now,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write… — David Nail 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 feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
Part of the reason I'm writing it is to try to figure out what that is myself. It's not like I came… — Phil Klay Copy Share Image
We can put fear of the future in front of us to block us, or behind us to drive us forward. I… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I never start out with any kind of connecting theme or plan. Everything just falls the way it falls. I don't ever… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I try to… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. It's like… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I was at home waiting for projects. I was on Parenthood and there was one season left, and I was thinking, "What's… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
There are people who are trying to write history for the general reader who can be quite tedious. That said, I do… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Many of us spend most of our life trying to live someone else's life. We are great fixers, and as we watch… — Dr BK Satyanarayan Copy Share Image
“So you want to be a writer if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
My advice for aspiring writers is threefold.First, read as much as possible, both within and outside the genre you arem working in.… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“I think trying to write is a religious exercise. You are trying to understand life, and you can only get the illusion… — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
It's a weird business. You're trying to write something that's built on magic, which is pretty stressful. — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I took time off and realized that what I was lacking was the discipline in trying to write a script. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it. — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm always just trying to write better music and keep topping myself. — Borns Copy Share Image
not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
