I Write Quotes

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I write in spurts. I write when I have to because the pressure builds up and I feel enough confidence that something has matured in… — Susan Sontag
I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough. — Anne Rice
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug. — Henrik Ibsen
I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that… — John Steinbeck
Every person has a range. In fiction, you get to be it all. I'm as much the men in my book as I am the… — Rachel Kushner
There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a… — Jan Karon
I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule. — Jamaica Kincaid
I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your… — Kitty Kelley
Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what… — Aaron Sorkin
I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing pretty soon after… — Tim Cahill
I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. — Theodore Sturgeon
When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart. — Terry Tempest Williams
Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better. — Zygmunt Bauman
When I feel like being a director, I write a novel. — John Irving
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have… — Bruce Sterling
Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a… — Mahmoud Darwish
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat… — Julia Cameron
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers. — Mitch Albom
My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk. — Janet Fitch

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