I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that.… — Del Shannon Copy Share Image
I hear people talk in my head, and I write it down. I choose where they live and how they dress to… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there. — King Tuff Copy Share Image
I’m not sure I’ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I should’ve said. — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
I never want to co-write. People never just write a quarter of a book, do they? I don't think you can get… — Sam Fender Copy Share Image
Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people… — Leslye Headland Copy Share Image
I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
Writing is mysterious, and it's supposed to be...any path that gets you there is a good path in the end. But one… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
Squaring numbers is a symmetrical process that I like very much. And when I divide one number by another, say, 13 divided… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
My husband and I had the opportunity to write some stuff for other people. We both tried it. I think it lasted… — Margo Price Copy Share Image
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown,… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat - a different one at different times of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I can only write a book like 'The Tin Drum' or 'From the Diary of a Snail' at a special period of… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
With rock, you can write about anything. There are rock songs I still don't know what they're singing about, but you want… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material. — Brady Corbet Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,'… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“Find children in your neighborhood, Teach them to read and write Take them out of the darkness, Into the light” — Charmaine J Forde Copy Share Image
Writing is something that's great because you get to write every thought that's on your mind; you take your time. — Kendra Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can… — Yuna Copy Share Image
When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
A lot of people from my generation can't write songs anymore, or it's really hard and it's an unpleasant experience. I don't… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I don't think of my music in terms of a career. I just want to get it out there and do it.… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those people who write all the time. Sometimes I'll go several months without writing anything. I'll sometimes second… — Warren Haynes Copy Share Image
Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
