I Write Quotes

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I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. — Rick Springfield
I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite… — Bruce Springsteen
Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it. — Sylvester Stallone
If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom… — Paul Stanley
I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set. — Sting
I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking. — Tom Stoppard
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really. — Tom Stoppard
I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will… — Tom Stoppard
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut… — Tom Stoppard
For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write… — Tom Stoppard
I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason and one reason… — J. Michael Straczynski
I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane. — Taylor Swift
Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. — Taylor Swift
I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's… — Taylor Swift
I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer. — Quentin Tarantino
I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With… — Paul Theroux
When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. — John Updike
I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep… — Tim Vine
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning. — Peter De Vries
Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to… — Tom Waits

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