I Write Quotes

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Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it… — Abraham Verghese
When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of… — Marilynne Robinson
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by… — Enrique Vila-Matas
What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form so that, in principle,… — James Fenton
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions. — Louis Sachar
I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game… — Louis Sachar
I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories… — Joy Fielding
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. — Kathryn Lasky
Each play I write has its own unique origin story. — Lynn Nottage
Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a… — Jill McCorkle
In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books. — Meg Rosoff
Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history. — Suzan-Lori Parks
I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family. — Miranda Cosgrove
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter
From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the… — K'naan
I write longhand on legal pads, about half at home and half in cafes. I drink a lot of water and eat a lot of… — Daniel Handler
I write every day weekdays for about 5 hours, mostly longhand on legal pads. It has gotten neither harder nor easier, sadly or happily. — Daniel Handler
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? — Alexander Pope
Even if I use sweet phrases in this description, I cannot even be sure that what I write here is true, precisely because I do… — Sorin Cerin
I write for Reader's Digest. It's not hard. All you do is copy out an article and mail it in again. — Unknown Author
I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it. — Kathy Acker
Goin' at your neck, get the rope tie a noose. This a gun check, now who do I write it to? — Lil Wayne
I was never a poet before but now I write poems for you, I was a music listener but now I sing and hum love… — Superman
I may be left handed but everything I write always turn out to be right. — Sabelo Mkhomazi
My friend was just at my house for a couple days and she was going through my writing, and she grew silent. I asked her… — Naquitta Faith

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