I Write Quotes

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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment… — Taslima Nasrin
I keep a journal, and every day I write down one great play that I had that day. I don't write down any negatives. — Heather O'Reilly
I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording… — Will Oldham
Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the… — R L Stine
Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy ... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to… — George Will
I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together. — Gyorgy Ligeti
When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out. — Yael Naim
I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else. — Ron Pope
With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am. — Tamora Pierce
I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban… — Tom Perrotta
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a… — Manuel Puig
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader. — Manuel Puig
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can. — Thomas Perry
I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to… — Brent Runyon
I write in a rush of memory. — Brent Runyon
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class,… — Ian Rankin
I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I'm going to play, I just sit down and have my books with… — Amy Ray
When I write an email where I outlined a whole scene, it just came out of my unconscious, it comes from a deeper place. The… — David O. Russell
Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries… — John Shelton Reed
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit. — Mike Rutherford
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth… — Satyajit Ray
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours. — Brandon Sanderson
When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in… — Brandon Sanderson
When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know… — Jonathan Stroud
I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day.… — Karrine Steffans

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