I Write Quotes

1668 I Write quotes by 1176 unique authors

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring.… — Katy Perry
With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. — Katy Perry
The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I… — Katy Perry
Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got… — Tom Peters
I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow… — Jodi Picoult
I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of… — Jodi Picoult
I don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much of what I… — Anna Quindlen
What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the… — Josh Radnor
When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big… — Josh Radnor
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention… — Lou Reed
When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding… — Rick Riordan
I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs. — Kid Rock
I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I… — Nile Rodgers
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions. — Galen Rowell
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker… — Arundhati Roy
I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling. — Rita Rudner
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. — Salman Rushdie
I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about. — Salman Rushdie
I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to… — Salman Rushdie
I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to… — Carl Sandburg
When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day. — Jose Saramago
For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something. — Marjane Satrapi

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