They Write Quotes

121 quotes by 116 authors

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words. — Roy Ayers
Women who write with an overriding consciousness that they write as women are engaged not in aspiration toward writing, but chiefly in a politics of… — Cynthia Ozick
Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the reader meets the… — John Lahr
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard… — Michael Shannon
It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't… — Elizabeth Hardwick
There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an annual report or… — Lou Gerstner
The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things. — Michael Cunningham
Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with an eye toward… — Nancy Kress
Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write… — Claud Cockburn
I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people think in the privacy of their… — Russell Brand
Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes. — Frank Delaney
I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None… — Lucy Hale
For some men, nothing is Written unless they Write it. — Omar Sharif
I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of… — Tim Gane
The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this… — Ashley Judd
Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write. — Diana Trilling
Professors will lecture with more inspiration if they occasionally alternate the classroom with the beach: authors will write better when, as Macaulay used to do,… — Rollo May
I am very impressed by The Carrivick Sisters, one of the best young duos Iâ€™ve heard. The girls sing and play as one and their… — Ralph McTell
Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. — Maxim Gorky

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