I Write Quotes

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I write simply because I hear voices of people in my head who won't give me peace until I convey their stories to the rest… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor. — Carole King
I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per… — Jerzy Kosinski
I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it… — Kerry King
I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers. — Marian Keyes
Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength. — Mickey Kaus
I write the way I write. — Robert Kirkman
The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please. — Sara Zarr
I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal. — Townes Van Zandt
When I write now, I pretend I'm holding hands with the old me. I try to make sense of all those questions for her... — Meg Medina
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken. — Adele
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better. — Amy Winehouse
I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time… — Alexander McCall Smith
I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They… — Jonathan Safran Foer
When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence. — Gregory Maguire
People write to me all the time, and I write back. — Lisa See
I write edgy, sexy teen romances, and that's what I'll continue to do. — Simone Elkeles
I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before. — Colum McCann
I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations. — Colum McCann
I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in… — Brad Falchuk
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus… — Devdutt Pattanaik
When I write, I'm sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously,… — Sondre Lerche
I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and collecting… — Tionne Watkins
It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision,… — Peter York
I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm… — Black Francis

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