I Write Quotes

1668 I Write quotes by 1176 unique authors

I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With… — Paul Theroux
When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. — John Updike
I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep… — Tim Vine
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning. — Peter De Vries
Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to… — Tom Waits
I paint and I draw and I write and I do other things too, and recently some people at school were asking if I'd ever… — Emma Watson
When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I… — Len Wein
Everything I write tends to turn into a superhero team, even if I didn't mean for it to. I always start off wanting to be… — Joss Whedon
People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because I don't know… — Joss Whedon
But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get… — Ron White
I write to understand as much as to be understood. — Elie Wiesel
I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it. — Lucinda Williams
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. — Tennessee Williams
I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I… — Brian Wilson
All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family. — Amy Winehouse
I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write. — Virginia Woolf
I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life. — Al Yankovic
I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline,… — Al Yankovic
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write… — Kristin Armstrong
I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy, it's not my aim to upset people. I will be offensive, edgy and… — Vir Das
I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days. — Anurag Kashyap
My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about. — Tucker Max
I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily… — Michel Foucault
I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers. — Ashwin Sanghi
What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers. — Ashwin Sanghi

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