Write Quotes
10211 Write quotes by 4912 unique authors
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If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.
— Zadie Smith
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you…
— Zadie Smith
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to…
— Zadie Smith
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When I was 21, I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for 'The Simpsons' who'd briefly…
— Zadie Smith
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I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter…
— Ian Somerhalder
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I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.
— Stephen Sondheim
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The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.
— Stephen Sondheim
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I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing…
— Britney Spears
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I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
— Rick Springfield
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Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write…
— Rick Springfield
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I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.
— Rick Springfield
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I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.
— Rick Springfield
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I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite…
— Bruce Springsteen
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I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life…
— Bruce Springsteen
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You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues of the day.…
— Bruce Springsteen
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Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.
— Sylvester Stallone
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Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I think she's dating…
— Patti Stanger
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If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom…
— Paul Stanley
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I always try to write about believable people.
— Danielle Steel
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Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
— Peter Steele
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I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that…
— Gwen Stefani
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Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.
— Gwen Stefani
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I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never…
— Gwen Stefani
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If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been…
— Ben Stein
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