I Write Quotes

1668 quotes by 1211 authors

I write short stories, and I wrote a play. — Rita Dove
When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal. — Lena Dunham
My Web site, everything I write in there is from me. — Fred Durst
I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts… — Giada De Laurentiis
I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic. — Lana Del Rey
When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and… — Sylvia Earle
I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world.… — Umberto Eco
I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts. — Jesse Eisenberg
I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me… — Jesse Eisenberg
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's… — Harvey Fierstein
I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and… — Harvey Fierstein
Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write… — Jonathan Safran Foer
There are two kinds of sculptures. There's the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Stories about mental aberration and oddity only make sense in context. Just how do people live with someone who is peculiar, gifted, strange or alien?… — Mark Haddon
I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience. — Mohsin Hamid
I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words. — Mohsin Hamid
It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I… — Kathleen Hanna
I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters. — Robert Harris
I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to. — Hunter Hayes
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write… — Carl Hiaasen

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