Write Quotes
10211 Write quotes by 4912 unique authors
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I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention…
— Lou Reed
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As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or…
— Jason Reitman
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A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don't know how to write sentences.
— Tom Robbins
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Most novelists write about twisted lives.
— Tom Robbins
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To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
— Anne Rice
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The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to…
— Anne Rice
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Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by…
— Anne Rice
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First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.
— Anne Rice
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I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.
— Anne Rice
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But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of…
— Buddy Rich
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I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write…
— Don Rickles
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I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not…
— Alan Rickman
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It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and…
— Rick Riordan
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I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
— Rick Riordan
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I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
— Rick Riordan
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My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after Norse mythology. She…
— Rick Riordan
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When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding…
— Rick Riordan
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People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
— Tom Robbins
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When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.
— Tom Robbins
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In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk…
— Tom Robbins
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The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of…
— Tom Robbins
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I'd love to maybe try writing. I don't know if I'd publish anything, but as a hobby, it's really nice. I bought a typewriter, and…
— Emma Roberts
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You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.
— Chris Rock
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I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.
— Kid Rock
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I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.
— Kid Rock
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