I Write Quotes

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I write because I have always been curious about what it would feel like to be someone else, in a different situation. Fiction is a… — Gillian Cross
The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration. — Gillian Cross
I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas. — Catherine Jinks
I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the stories moving, never… — William Sleator
My seventeen years of teaching inform my sense of audience in every line I write. — Will Hobbs
I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. — Caroline Lawrence
I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children, I… — Ann Packer
The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me. — Gerry Beckley
I write - though perhaps it sounds pretentious to say so - to make a clearing in the wilderness, to find out what I care… — Pico Iyer
I begin early in the morning and edit everything I wrote the previous day. I write until mid-afternoon. My goal is to write a chapter… — Virginia Henley
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was just… — Michael Hastings
I write - and then I write some more. — Frank Delaney
I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague, nagging sense that… — Mary Roach
I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it a bore. Fear… — Mary Roach
When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth as an adult… — Michael Cadnum
I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep… — James Bay
There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true. — Siri Hustvedt
Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs. — Nolan Sotillo
I write just knowing that I enjoy writing. But if I have to write, it seems like nothing comes. But when I go there for… — Andrae Crouch
I want the last cheque I write to bounce. — Chuck Feeney
When I went through the Simpson case, I was a cop. Then I was a good cop. Then I was a bad cop. Then I… — Mark Fuhrman
My best moments are when I write songs out of nowhere. — King Tuff
I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept. — James M. Cain
I look at you and I write down what I hear. — Virgil Thomson
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well. — Horace

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