I Write Quotes

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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. — S E Hinton
I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner. — Christopher Hitchens
And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I… — Christopher Hitchens
Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work,… — Christopher Hitchens
I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting. — Khaled Hosseini
My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write. — Khaled Hosseini
Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
What we call the 'world' and the 'universe' is only one frequency range in an infinite number sharing the same space. The interdimensional entities I… — David Icke
Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. — John Irving
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. — John Irving
I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being… — Kazuo Ishiguro
A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write. — Joan Jett
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write… — Elton John
I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances… — Erica Jong
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am. — Erica Jong
The people whose necks hurt when I write about the Middle East tend to live in Brooklyn or Boca Raton: the kind of Zionist who… — Tony Judt
I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I… — Michio Kaku
So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is,… — Charlie Kaufman
Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining. — Kesha
When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd… — Alicia Keys

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