Creative inspiration Quote by Nick Hornby

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.

— Lisa Marie Presley

For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain…

— John Hodgman

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require…

— John Frusciante

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write.

— Jeff VanderMeer

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.

— Thomston

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.

— Neal Shusterman

I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.

— Carrie Brownstein

I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost a way…

— Dan Chaon

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so…

— Vikram Seth

I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would…

— Bridgit Mendler