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The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something… — Nick Cave
You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. — Nick Cave
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what… — Nick Cave
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in… — Nick Cave
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in… — Nick Cave
I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and having a look… — Nick Cave
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed… — Nick Cave
I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as… — Nick Cave
The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in… — Nick Cave
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these… — Nick Cave
When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the… — Jackie Chan
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. — Fred Allen
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. — John Cheever
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. — John Cheever
It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. — Anton Chekhov
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All of us write wish fulfillment. — Lee Child
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time. — Lee Child
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. — Lee Child

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