I Write Quotes

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O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism… — Virginia Woolf
If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and I may no… — Eugene Ionesco
I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play… — Thornton Wilder
I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My nutritionist says, 'If you bite it, write it.' Writing down everything that you put in your mouth really helps. I don’t count a damn… — Tyra Banks
I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with… — Petrarch
Listen closely. There’s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I don’t give a damn if my work is commercial or not…I’m the… — John Fante
I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.' — Maurice Sendak
When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become. Some people get… — Matthew Woodring Stover
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems… — Roddy Doyle
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself… — Roddy Doyle
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated. — Alan Furst
I write every paragraph four times - once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take… — Margery Allingham
I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little… — Fiona Apple
I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano — Fiona Apple
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something — Fiona Apple
Everything I write has a precedent in truth. — Ian Fleming
When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all… — Paul Auster
Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal… — David Almond
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I… — J D Salinger
I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it. — Fred Frith
I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world. — Jeanette Winterson
I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way. — Allan Sloan
When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and… — Elizabeth Kim
The funny thing is that the process of coming up with an idea for a column or a 'Candid Camera' sequence is essentially the same… — Peter Funt

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