I Write Quotes

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The only writers who have any peace are the ones who don't write. And there are some like that. They wallow in a sea of… — Stanislaw Lem
If I write something, I fear it will happen, and if I love too much, I fear I will lose that person; nevertheless, I cannot… — Isabel Allende
But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play… — Lord Byron
When I write, it's everything that we don't know we can be that is written out of me, without exclusions, without stipulation, and everything we… — Helene Cixous
Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness? — Elie Wiesel
What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song. — Paul McCartney
Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. That’s because my books are not to be read in… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn't something you do for money. It's something you do because what children read and learn and… — Neil Gaiman
I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself. — Fran Lebowitz
I observe, I write, I try not to remember the life that I didn't want to loose but lost and have to remember, being here… — Jonathan Safran Foer
For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on. — Garth Nix
William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!"… — Tennessee Williams
When I write a story, it's not like I'm thinking about what I'm doing — Stephenie Meyer
When I think about the things that cause me pain or the things that cause me trouble or frustration, it's not people asking for my… — Taylor Swift
(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else.… — Taylor Swift
My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and… — Taylor Swift
I write. I imagine. The act of imagining in itself enlivens me. I am not frozen and paralyzed before the predator. I invent characters. At… — David Grossman
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write… — George Orwell
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every… — N.K. Jemisin
You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them… — Stephen King
Tonight I can write the saddest lines...Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer and these the last verses that I write… — Pablo Neruda
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things… — Stephen Fry
I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. — Tom Stoppard
Look, Mrs. McGillicuddy, it's not my fault your son jumped out a dorm room window on Christmas eve. I've written over fifty books as a… — Eric Foner
When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't.… — Jean Cocteau

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