I Write Quotes

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Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for… — Isabel Allende
Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene… — Taylor Swift
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A… — Willie Nelson
I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. — Terry Pratchett
I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then… — Jeff Kinney
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation. — Jeff Kinney
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first… — John Irving
I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a while, until I have a… — John Irving
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a… — Pete Townshend
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have… — Harvey Pekar
I write about living, not dying. — John Diamond
When I get a new script, I write a record of how many costume and make-up changes I have. I cross-check them against the shooting… — Gina Bellman
I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through a similar thing… — Ashley Monroe
If I write the song, I get to name it. — Britt Daniel
I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or… — Alfred Nobel
As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling. — Peter Temple
When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them. — Dani Shapiro
I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the… — Dani Shapiro
I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I… — Francisco Costa
Whenever I write about immigration, I hear heart-wrenching stories of computer workers who are unemployed and facing severe hardship. — Vivek Wadhwa
I write line by line, by the sound and the weight and the music of the words. — Jayne Anne Phillips
I write nothing but contemporary romances. — Chuck Palahniuk
I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there. — Chuck Palahniuk
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke. — Sally Phillips
A poem I write is not just about me; it is about national identity, not just regional but national, the history of people in relation… — Natasha Trethewey

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