I Write Quotes
1668 quotes by 1176 authors
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I write small and weird. Romcoms are not in my skill set.
— Diablo Cody
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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.
— Brian McKnight
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I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof…
— Brian McKnight
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I write out of my intellectual experience.
— Tom Stoppard
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When I was in junior high, I would carry around this huge volume of Shakespeare. I just like the romantic vibe. I write about it…
— Fefe Dobson
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For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career as a musician.…
— Steve Kazee
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Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
— Steven Moffat
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I have great love for St. Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have a statue of St.…
— Pope Francis
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When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use…
— Andy Rooney
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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I write for myself things that I've gone through.
— Dolly Parton
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I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
— Anne Stevenson
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I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they…
— John Green
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Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.
— Bernard Malamud
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I write what I write.
— Umberto Eco
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Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is…
— Umberto Eco
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I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.
— Jim Harrison
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I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something.
— Kelley Armstrong
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I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.
— Rick Reilly
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I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what…
— Ernest Gaines
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