I Write Quotes

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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. — Tanith Lee
When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts. — Leslie Lamport
I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should… — Harvey Pekar
I am not a writer except when I write. — Juan Carlos Onetti
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
He taught me everything I know. Every note I write I learned from that man upstairs. People rave over my arranging today, and I just… — Unknown Author
I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second. — Joe Satriani
When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived. — Anne Frank
I write a thousand words a day. — Lisa See
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself… — Erik Larson
There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write. — Noel Gallagher
I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents. — Suzanne Collins
I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me. — John Rzeznik
I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. — Lynn Abbey
A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very… — Freddie Mercury
I write of love and death. What other subjects are there? — Arthur Schnitzler
Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear. The house is empty as I write this; a cold February rain is falling outside. It’s… — Stephen King
I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even. — Robert B. Parker
I write only because I cannot stop. — Heinrich von Kleist
Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by… — Alberto Moravia
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head — Chris Van Allsburg

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