Everyone Quote by Elmore Leonard

I don't want to be a writer where all the characters sound the same. There's a facility in that kind of writing.

— Richard LaGravenese

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

— Ray Bradbury

I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you…

— Terry McMillan

I write a lot by sound. One sound leads me to another. These sounds aren't random; they have their own logic.

— Kate Braverman

If you want to be a writer, you have to learn to write in other people's voices until you get the chance to write…

— Nahnatchka Khan

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word…

— Dick Cavett

You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can…

— Kathy Mattea

As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course,…

— Aaron Sorkin

Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I find it creatively satisfying to write material and say it out loud in a public place, whether or not anyone's listening.

— Maria Bamford

I can't write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff…

— Miles Davis

I can't write unless I've got the voice for a character.

— Noel Fielding