I Write Quotes

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People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very… — Suzan-Lori Parks
I'm giving up acting. . . . I'm 66 and there are a number of celebrations I've got to get down on paper, and acting… — Athol Fugard
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible… — Joe Orton
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a bit. Sometimes, outlines… — Paul Rudnick
I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry. — Ice T
In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past… — Jennifer Chiaverini
I write by ear. I tried writing with the typewriter, but I found it too unwieldy — Groucho Marx
I write in order to express what the photo itself cannot say. A photograph of my father doesn't tell me what I thought of him,… — Duane Michals
So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs… — Jackson Browne
Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in… — Buchi Emecheta
I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much… — Leslie Marmon Silko
I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I… — J M Coetzee
A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York. — Lana Del Rey
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read… — Stephenie Meyer
That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not… — Stephenie Meyer
I write everything with fountain pens. I don't know why. I've done it since I was bar mitzvahed. I was given a fountain pen, a… — Tony Kushner
I write to withdraw as a nominee to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... I am concerned… — Harriet Miers
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim is to imply… — Ezra Jack Keats
Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last. — Dav Pilkey
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. — Chuck Mangione

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