Writing Quotes

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I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening. — Emilie Autumn
I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent. — Bill Ayers
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. — Gaston Bachelard
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. — Honore de Balzac
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in… — Kevin Bacon
Learn as much by writing as by reading. — Lord Acton
I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before… — Erykah Badu
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. — Walter Bagehot
Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the… — Russell Baker
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be… — Russell Baker
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly… — Russell Baker
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time. — Alec Baldwin
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. — James A. Baldwin
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who… — James A. Baldwin
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs… — James A. Baldwin
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. — J. G. Ballard

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