Write Quotes · Page 77

I read a lot of pilots and I've tried to write some of my own - it's very hard.

— Janelle James

You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.

— Maxim Gorky

I used to write from the time I was in school, and during college days too.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

— Henry Mancini

If you write for somebody that you know, then your job is so much easier.

— Jessica St. Clair

“I never thought I wanted to write. Never did I know I can either, until now.”

— C.A. Dimayuga

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

— Peter O'Toole

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes

— Harvey Pekar

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

— Artie Shaw

Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are…

— Anonymous

I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete…

— Josh Elliott

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when…

— Astrid Lindgren

I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear…

— Lenny Kravitz

“Why did he write to her, “I can’t live without you?” And why did she write to him “I can’t live without…

— Carl Sandburg

I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.

— James Mercer

If we want to write, it makes sense to read—and to read like a writer. If we wanted to grow roses, we…

— Francine Prose

I never understood how one could write a whole book: It is so technically challenging, and it's incredible the way writers put…

— Ben Howard

“Perfectly written isn't human, exact replicas aren't flawless and thinking you have to achieve them all is futile. Seek to write and…

— Anastasia Bolinder

“I must write…I like to write. Sometimes I’m afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I…

— Charles Shields

When I work on a book, I usually start with a question. And I don't sit around and go 'I need to…

— Lynda Barry

Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive…

— Edmund White

“we write every day, we fight every day, we think and scheme and dream a little dream every day. manuscripts pile up…

— Tahereh Mafi

I know people who have written big hit country songs that are really kind of terrible songs, but for the rest of…

— Jason Isbell

I'm a mad thinker in general. I think about everything, all the time. Especially when I write music, a lot of the…

— Adam Hicks

I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.

— Vin Diesel

“If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write.”

— Anne Rice

The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

— A. J. Liebling

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.

— Lisa Tuttle

“It is right to write and say what is right at the right time”

— Elijah Onyenmeriogu

If you write with passion in your own style, you will make a place for yourself

— Dean Koontz

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

The secret is that when you've been pitched head first into hell you just write about it

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

— Judy Blume

If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance.

— Harlan Coben

The first thing is, you can't write movie music if you don't know how to write quickly.

— Alexandre Desplat

When people write about someone else, you have to take it with a pinch of salt.

— Sophie Rundle

“I write because I have to; because I wouldn't know what to do with my hands if I didn't.”

— Angeline Trevena

“Don't just write a "To Do" list. Write a "To Be" list.”

— Karen Salmansohn

“When I'm writing I can write anywhere; when I'm not writing I can't write anywhere.”

— Meg Rosoff

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.

— Chris Humphreys