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I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored… — Italo Calvino
I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when… — Italo Calvino
When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self. — Ben Okri
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in… — Alanis Morissette
I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English. — Isabel Allende
Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for… — Isabel Allende
Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene… — Taylor Swift
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A… — Willie Nelson
I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. — Terry Pratchett
I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then… — Jeff Kinney
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation. — Jeff Kinney
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first… — John Irving
I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a while, until I have a… — John Irving
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a… — Pete Townshend
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have… — Harvey Pekar
I write about living, not dying. — John Diamond
When I get a new script, I write a record of how many costume and make-up changes I have. I cross-check them against the shooting… — Gina Bellman
I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through a similar thing… — Ashley Monroe
If I write the song, I get to name it. — Britt Daniel
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or… — Alfred Nobel

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