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961 I Wrote quotes by 760 unique authors

The fact is, when I wrote 'Juno' - and I think this is part of its charm and appeal - I didn't know how to… — Diablo Cody
Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister'… — Juliana Hatfield
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less… — W. Somerset Maugham
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy… — Tracy Chapman
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. — Eudora Welty
My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am… — Anne Stevenson
I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. — John Green
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was… — Ian Fleming
I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They… — Ernest Gaines
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even… — Mary MacLane
Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is… — Randy Newman
I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when… — Randy Newman
When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about… — Tea Obreht
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every… — Harlan Coben
I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote… — Jake Owen
I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling… — Tamora Pierce
I was writing very early, like I was involved in our high school literary magazine, which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears,… — Tom Perrotta
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story… — Ian Rankin
I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before… — James Rollins
Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess! — Maurice Ravel
I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I… — Ali Smith
I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living. — Cheryl Strayed
I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again. — Chris Prentiss
New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove what I said… — Joanna Southcott
I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I… — Maggie Stiefvater

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