I Write Quotes

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I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and… — Brian Selznick
There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life in… — Daniel Tammet
I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is… — Jennifer Egan
I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged to… — Abraham Verghese
Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it… — Abraham Verghese
When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of… — Marilynne Robinson
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by… — Enrique Vila-Matas
What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form so that, in principle,… — James Fenton
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions. — Louis Sachar
I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game… — Louis Sachar
I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories… — Joy Fielding
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. — Kathryn Lasky
Each play I write has its own unique origin story. — Lynn Nottage
Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a… — Jill McCorkle
In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books. — Meg Rosoff
Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history. — Suzan-Lori Parks
I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family. — Miranda Cosgrove
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter
From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the… — K'naan

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