I Wrote Quotes

961 I Wrote quotes by 760 unique authors

I wrote 'Lights' a long, long time ago. And I expected it to be on the album, because it was - I wrote it with… — Ellie Goulding
In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.'… — Lady Gregory
The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish… — Lady Gregory
Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid… — Matt Groening
I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry. — Stephen Colbert
And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every… — Joan Collins
The first series I wrote, 'L.A. Candy,' was always meant to be a three-book series, so when I started out it was all outlined that… — Lauren Conrad
I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this… — Francis Ford Coppola
When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was… — Francis Ford Coppola
In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I… — Billy Corgan
When I was nine years old, I wrote a short story called 'How to Build a Snowman,' from which no practical snowperson-crafting techniques could be… — Sloane Crosley
This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended… — Catherine Deneuve
It wasn't that I couldn't write. I wrote every day. I actually worked really hard at writing. At my desk by 7 A.M., would work… — Junot Diaz
My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page mark. Nothing I… — Junot Diaz
I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then… — Rita Dove
I write short stories, and I wrote a play. — Rita Dove
As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa. — Umberto Eco
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. — Albert Ellis
When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I didn't… — Eve Ensler
I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band -… — Gloria Estefan
When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer… — Will Ferrell
For my first show at 'SNL', I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn't getting any laughs. This weight of embarrassment… — Tina Fey
I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to get them out… — Carrie Fisher
The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted… — Mark Haddon
If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared… — Neil Patrick Harris

Who Wrote These I Wrote Quotes

760 authors contributed a total of 961 I Wrote Quotes, led by these top contributors: