Write Quotes · Page 55

Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie,…

— Stacy London

When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

— Don Mattingly

I started off writing kind of big summer, blockbustery kinds of movies, but at that time, I had no name, nobody knew…

— David Leslie Johnson

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture…

— Peter Temple

I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately, I feel like it…

— Eve Bunting

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

— Iwan Rheon

I personally believe that I was... a previous life or something... a previous reincarnation, a bard of some sort, because most of…

— Marc Bolan

If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.

— M. Night Shyamalan

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing.…

— Joseph Kanon

I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all treat each other when we go to each other…

— Dan Savage

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to…

— Jonathan Levine

Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like…

— Bruce Robinson

“And at 3am you sit near the window and wonder if there is magic... because all you need are some fairies to…

— Sanhita Baruah

Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.

— H. L. Hunt

Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny…

— Nikki Grimes

It took me ten minutes to write this very sentence. I'm no writer. This is not my calling.

— Macaulay Culkin

I'm a big fan of Yoko, one of those weird people who really love her music, and who argues with people all…

— Boy George

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

— Jon Krakauer

I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one…

— Laurie Metcalf

I always had a passion to write as a young girl.

— Tyra Banks

When you write, you are not either sex. But when you're read you are definitely gendered.

— Hilary Mantel

If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, my patients will not even be postponed. Another surgeon would step in and take…

— Atul Gawande

“Always be thankful for the little things... even the smallest mountains can hide the most breathtaking views!”

— Nyki Mack

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

My older brother always tells me I changed as a person when I saw 'Ace Ventura.' Because when I saw 'Ace Ventura',…

— Eliza Coupe

What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.

— F. Sionil Jose

If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough…

— Lois Lowry

I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who…

— Charles King

I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative…

— Gary Shteyngart

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my…

— Jimmy Cliff

Write what you know.

— Anonymous

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their…

— Seinabo Sey

“Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being…

— John Boyne

I don't read music. I don't write or read music.

— James Taylor

I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on…

— Sue Townsend

I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind…

— Maeve Binchy

You write different songs when you're 16 or 17 to when you're 22 or 23.

— Luke Hemmings

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

— Noah Baumbach

I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there…

— Alice Sebold