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My greatest disappointment is that I believe that those of us who went through the war and tried to write about it, about their experience,… — Elie Wiesel
I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the Internet, I ask… — Elie Wiesel
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A… — Willie Nelson
I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. — Terry Pratchett
History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it. — Ferdinand Marcos
When I was 14, I would sit up in my room and write till my eyes would bleed. — Quincy Jones
If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms, break the forms. — V.S. Naipaul
If you write, produce and direct, you own things and see them through to the end. — Johnny Vegas
A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good… — David Mamet
When I realized I could write lyrics and let someone that I knew listen to them, but not know that the song was about them… — King Krule
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place. — Jeff Kinney
I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then… — Jeff Kinney
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation. — Jeff Kinney
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first… — John Irving
I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a while, until I have a… — John Irving
I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described. — John Irving
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a… — Pete Townshend
Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists. — Julian Assange
My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know great writers who… — Joss Whedon
I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time. — Janet Jackson
I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control. — Madeline Zima
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have… — Harvey Pekar
Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up… — Julia Cameron
Grace is above praise and blame. I never read the bad stuff people write, but I never read the good stuff, either. Ever. I know… — Suze Orman
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any… — Matt Berninger

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