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Writing Quotes by Iris DeMent
- Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
- Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
- I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention…
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch