I Write Quotes

1668 quotes by 1211 authors

I write poems to find out why I write them — Stephen Dobyns
For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write… — Iris Chang
I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one. — Farley Mowat
I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October… — Holly Johnson
Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess… — Wislawa Szymborska
I write because I canâ€™t sleep. — Ben Mezrich
If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write — Tommy Shaw
I do have a journal, that I write all my thoughts in every day. So that's kind of something. I also have a burn box… — Miranda Cosgrove
I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every… — Mark Mothersbaugh
The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical. — Mark Mothersbaugh
Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee: it's impractical and you probably shouldn't do it, but for people who really, truly… — Marco Arment
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality,… — Mika
I write a lot of stuff, and some of it I don't even present to Judas Priest. But having said that, my first love is… — Glenn Tipton
I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I direct… — Julie Taymor
I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on… — Kelly Jones
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is… — Michel Legrand
I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought. — Gertrude Stein
The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. — Jerzy Kosinski
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that… — Garth Ennis
I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead — John Frusciante

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