Started Writing Quotes

209 quotes by 191 authors

And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt… — Tennessee Williams
I started writing because I decided I was too old to play pretend in the backyard. Then I found that I could create those imaginary… — Veronica Roth
You should really stay true to your own style. When I first started writing, everybody said to me, 'Your style just isn't right because you… — Jude Deveraux
One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I… — Alice Hoffman
I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and… — Cyndi Lauper
I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country. — Laura Bell Bundy
From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got,… — Kendrick Lamar
I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my first guitar, I… — Robby Benson
I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories. — Jimmy Breslin
I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books. — Garry Kasparov
Till the time I found a creative outlet, I was trying to be extra creative at business, which would always put me in a situation… — Ashwin Sanghi
I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a… — Hilary Duff
When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming. — Thomas Mars
I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. But when I started… — Kyle Dunnigan
I was doing theater in my high school, and I started writing sort of silly songs on the piano backstage in summer theater. I eventually… — Bo Burnham
I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself as… — Ashley Monroe
When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged… — Bat for Lashes
When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became… — Conor Oberst
I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom, Dick and Harry… — Gin Wigmore

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