That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years, But weak ideas irritate my ears. Is this the best that you… — Rakim Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'Freddie,' I had been trying to write it on a computer for many, many years, but that… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Stop trying to write a novel. Just tell a story, type it up, 1 hour every day, and by the end of… — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and… — John Denver Copy Share Image
Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I think I'm always subconsciously trying to write the ideal school play. Lots of parts for everybody, great parts for women -… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When I was trying to write a novel, I ran out of money, and I was delivering packages on a bicycle. And… — Glenn Kelman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to figure out how to record at home because I have a tiny house and a seven-year-old and my wife… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I always think about the books I'm doing in pretty much the same way. I'm simply trying to write that particular novel… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I think I'm succinct to the point of trying to write the two-word novel. Editing my work almost never means taking anything… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Even if I give all my best for, you it will never be counted. Maybe I will just be a printer without… — Kent Lariosa Copy Share Image
My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me… — George Strait Copy Share Image
“My style might seem awkward, but I'm only trying to write down the things in the scene that I think the reader… — Hemingway Copy Share Image
I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
When I first started out, I was trying to write stories about nurses and lawyers and a lot of people I didn't… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“There is a time to stop reading, there is a time to STOP trying to WRITE, there is a time to kick… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I was very worried about whether I could do it or not. I mean, how arrogant - here I am in my… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
I've been trying to write really simple songs to make them sound like they're coming out of a satellite that's crashing into… — Mark Linkous Copy Share Image
I've been trying to write. I also spent a lot of time on different campuses, in conversation, helping other writers. That's what… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“She was trying to write a novel, it was so slow, you had to destroy so much and start again; so hard… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
As you get older you don't want to just do the same thing, otherwise there's not much point. I think it's more… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
Your hands learn to do things that you could spend a whole day trying to write about and articulate. There's a discomfort… — Jessica Stockholder Copy Share Image
I'm often just writing just to write. I'm not writing with...If I write, like, sitting down with a goal in mind, it's… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
Music is infinite and personal. I don't want to put myself in a box. I want to try everything and I'm trying… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
A common and usually unfortunate answer is “Write about what you know.” Nothing can be more limiting to the imagination, nothing is… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
For all of my life, I've had this one song in my head, and I'm still trying to write it. I'm still… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
“To all the talented young men who wander about feeling that there is nothing in the world for them to do, I… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My cure for writer's block is to step away from the thing I'm stuck on, usually a novel, and write something totally… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
