I Write Quotes

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I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. — Werner Herzog
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web. — Alan Dean Foster
I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and… — Andrew Greeley
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want… — Macaulay Culkin
I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that. — Kim Carnes
I write with a Uni-Ball Onyx Micropoint on nine-by-seven bound notebooks made by a Canadian company called Blueline. After I do a few drafts, I… — Billy Collins
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say… — Howard Barker
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being… — Edward Bond
I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is… — Jodi Picoult
The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees. — Sophie Kinsella
I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm… — Sophie Kinsella
I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's… — Sophie Kinsella
I write all my sermons. — Joel Osteen
I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just… — James Iha
I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story. — Karen Kingsbury
I write about true-life type things. — Karen Kingsbury
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to… — Louis Begley
I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can. — Alexis Bledel
I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated. — Andrew Bird
I never listen to music when I write. — Augusten Burroughs
I write my programs primarily for myself. — Bill Budge
I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything… — Dirk Benedict
I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea… — Dirk Benedict
I write, but I also act. — Eric Bogosian
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries. — Julianna Baggott

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