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10211 quotes by 5140 authors

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays. — Jerome Kern
My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down… — Sarah Addison Allen
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in a… — Robert Boswell
I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they… — Paulo Coelho
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words… — F. Sionil Jose
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. — F. Sionil Jose
I thought it would be interesting to write a song about a lonely person who is scared to see the truth that is right in… — Matthew Shultz
Pundits always have something to write about; the novelist just has a blank screen. — Simon Mawer
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I… — Jim McKelvey
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound. — William Lashner
I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but… — William Lashner
When I write legally, I try to write very plain, very vanilla, very clear. — William Lashner
I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half… — Waite Hoyt
My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity. — Thomas Steinbeck
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money. — Thomas Steinbeck
Cameron Crowe can write dialogue and shoot it with warmth and humor like nobody else. — Emma McLaughlin
I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too. — Sarah Mlynowski
I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or something. — Kent Haruf
I pretty much always wanted to write a series, because I love reading them. — Marie Rutkoski
The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and,… — Dinaw Mengestu

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