I Write Quotes

1668 quotes by 1211 authors

I write-down to speak-up. — Molefi Kete Asante
Now as to magic. It is surely absurd to hold me "weak" or otherwise because I choose to persist in a study which I decided… — William Butler Yeats
Sometimes fear grips me that these fragile moments of life will fade away. It seems that I write against erasure. — Assia Djebar
I write because it is while I'm writing that I feel most connected to why we're here. I write because silence is a heavy weight… — Andrea Gibson
The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites… — Theodora Goss
I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple. — Anne Tyler
It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted… — Josiah Strong
In these letters which I write, in the testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has presented to me. I… — Ellen G. White
Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time. — David Remnick
Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I profoundly… — Ennio Morricone
I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films. — Bruce Bennett
When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them. — Jorge Semprun
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see… — Julius Lester
I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world. — Ansel Elgort
I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it .… — Jorie Graham
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. — Van Morrison
Each time I write, each time the authentic words break through, I am changed. The older order that I was collapses and dies. I lose… — Susan Griffin
I can only speak for myself. But what I write and how I write is done in order to save my own life. And I… — Barbara Christian
I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world… — Bill Withers
I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week. — Chaim Potok

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