For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world.… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
'Life's That Way' was an extraordinarily difficult book to write, because it wasn't written as a book. It was written as a… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter Copy Share Image
Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on… — Jeanette Michelle Copy Share Image
I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It was a lot easier to write songs before I had a record deal, because the record labels and the industry doesn't… — Ashton Shepherd Copy Share Image
Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
There are many roads to journalism. My feeling is that your best bet in college is to study the subjects you will… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love,… — Melissa Pritchard Copy Share Image
“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up. My mother… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in… — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
