Write Quotes
10211 Write quotes by 4912 unique authors
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make…
— Samuel Johnson
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A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.
— Joan Jett
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Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the…
— Joan Jett
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When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest…
— Joan Jett
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I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that…
— Jewel
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To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to…
— Ma Jian
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I had e-mail in 1984! I had an e-mail address then, which means that all you could write to was Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.…
— Penn Jillette
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The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one…
— Steve Jobs
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I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
— Billy Joel
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In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a…
— Billy Joel
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I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write…
— Elton John
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When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of…
— Elton John
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
— Samuel Johnson
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As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to…
— Erica Jong
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I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances…
— Erica Jong
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I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.
— Rashida Jones
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There's no better way to process pain than to write.
— Rashida Jones
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I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.
— Erica Jong
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When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen…
— Erica Jong
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