Down and Quote by John Darnielle

I get a lot of energy from making things up, which is why I feel I'm a novelist.

— Hisham Matar

You send a message in everything you do, Im always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

— Tom Shadyac

I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.

— Katherine Anne Porter

I write all the time and I try to think of ideas all the time.

— Ezra Furman

I spend most of my time writing.

— Louise Erdrich

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

— Tom Shadyac

I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.

— Scott Cohen

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

— Jonathan Brandis

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way…

— PJ Harvey

Once I'm writing, I'm very disciplined. There's a certain magic. It's like you're living at a deeper current. It's a very complete feeling.

— Laura Nyro

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

— Julia Alvarez

When I get an idea, I start to write like I was electrically motivated.

— Jerry Lewis