Write Something Quotes

180 quotes by 160 authors

All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear of that and… — Jo Nesbo
Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it. — Cecily von Ziegesar
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic… — John Thomas Sladek
I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny. — Judd Apatow
I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline. — Ernest Gaines
When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge. — Bob Seger
I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. — Roman Abramovich
I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something. — Jonathan Safran Foer
The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I… — B. J. Novak
I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've… — Jo Nesbo
After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one… — Tamora Pierce
If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some… — Thomas Perry
When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know… — Jonathan Stroud
Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work. — Emeli Sande
When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own… — Regina Spektor
If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it… — Ron Suskind
If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody… — Ron Suskind
Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always… — Zoe Saldana
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me… — Mike White
Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you. — Thomas Lennon

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