I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I write at the piano, so I write things that fit comfortably under my hands, and I'm not thinking in terms of… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up… — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
I can write a love song or a ballad, or when I read something and it pisses me off, I know how… — Tink Copy Share Image
I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I never plan a structure. I like surprises. I'm quite disciplined and sit at my desk every day and just write. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
I think the first thing - if you want to be a writer - the first thing you need to do is… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
To write is to pour one’s innermost self passionately upon the tempting paper, at such frantic speed that sometimes one’s hand struggles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever a person writes something, anything, it's usually because they're going through something so strong all they can do is try to… — Eugenia Vela Copy Share Image
You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that… — Ziad Doueiri Copy Share Image
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
the only real rule I know in writing is, Don't be boring. Sleeping people don't read a word you write or hear… — Max D. Adams Copy Share Image
My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across… — Bernard Sahlins Copy Share Image
It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I just said, 'I need to do something because staying up and watching YouTube and late night TV is not cool,' so… — Ashley Thomas Copy Share Image
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to… — Harlan Coben 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
I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
It's a whole new world out here. The online world is like a blackboard on which, when you write, the whole world… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel… — Heather Graham Pozzessere Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
A lot of banging in the head has built up over the decades, and for my own sanity, I needed to write.… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
There ain't nothing more to write about and I'm rotten glad of it, because if I'd know'd what trouble it was to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a… — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my… — A. Scott Berg Copy Share Image
To me, I don't care if I co-write or if I write alone. If it's a great song and it makes it… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When you can't read or write at 14 or 15, in most cases you're headed for trouble, and trouble was finding me. — Bob Beamon Copy Share Image
Write a lot, live a little, clear your mind. Make mistakes, be happy, live on edge, and enjoy the ride that life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe… — David Berman Copy Share Image
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have… — Madeline Zima Copy Share Image
After 'Kidulthood,' I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed. — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
