It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then… — Joan Armatrading Copy Share Image
I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
When I write notes in my journal, I'm just trying to scribble down as much as possible. Later on, I decide whether… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I learn a lot from acting, but it's not my natural way. I can't help but write; I do it all the… — Mary Stuart Masterson Copy Share Image
Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer. — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“There is no excuse. If you want to write, write.This is your life, you are responsible for it.You will not live forever.Don't… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
My advice is that it's easier to write than direct. If you have an interest in writing, write. You might as well… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life,… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
If I had stayed purely a horror writer or thriller writer, I might have more of a presence in those particular genres,… — Chet Williamson Copy Share Image
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
'Lucky Man' I wrote when I was twelve years old. I wrote it when I first was given a guitar by my… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
The two together are a really great combo: the family life and then being able to go play some shows and write. — Vonda Shepard 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
I did not end up as broadly educated as my Cambridge colleagues, but I graduated probably better equipped to write a book… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Everything that I write comes when it wants to, out of its own need and it dictates its form. I don't say,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you have goals or aims in life, write them down. If you look at your goals every day, then it will… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can’t possibly write a line you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I find it easier to tell someone what's in my head once it's on paper, rather than write with someone in mind. — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
Im not Shakespeare to write about U, I Am Not Shelley To Sing About U, I Am Not Piccasso To Paint u,… — Kaceem Madridista Copy Share Image
A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write. — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it.… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell. — Tony Oller Copy Share Image
There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write. — Gabriel Fielding Copy Share Image
I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite… — Princess Superstar Copy Share Image
