You Write Quotes

619 quotes by 486 authors

The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write… — Jonathan Dee
When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you… — Kiran Desai
If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're… — Kiran Desai
When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal. — Sean Durkin
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can. — Tim Finn
If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know… — Lynn Abbey
If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around… — Michael Arndt
So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball… — Danny Elfman
You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have… — Justin Townes Earle
You write a lot of books; you hope you get better. — Alan Furst
I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze… — Ben Fountain
The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the publishers, and the… — Toni Morrison
You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do. — Carolyn Kizer
There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell. — Lev Grossman
If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it. — Seth Grahame-Smith
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a… — Carl Hiaasen
Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of people that you… — Jane Horrocks
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart. — Tony Hillerman
In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets. — Etgar Keret
If I wrote you a love letter, would you write back? — Curtis Jackson

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