Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I write a song for myself because I need to come out with that particular song. — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Ever since 'The Goldbergs' began, one of my dreams was to write a homage to 'Highlander.' — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
My poor sister was forced to be in the plays that I would write. We would go to my grandma's retirement building… — Lindy Booth Copy Share Image
The best of all kinds of movies are character-driven, and I definitely don't want to lose sight of why Derek and I… — Colin Trevorrow Copy Share Image
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to… — Olesya Rulin Copy Share Image
The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets… — Ali Liebegott Copy Share Image
To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter.… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“of an essay. You will have lots of notes on the subject – see the ICS Study Skills Guide to Note-Making for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just try to put the thing out and hope somebody will read it. Someone says: 'Whom do you write for?' I… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
