Editors Quote by Ricky Jay

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

If I'm writing a radio thing that's narrative, it's quite nice to stop for an hour and write a load of garbage that I…

— Tim Key

I don't like to read anything on the radio for the very first time, because I don't have any notion of a reaction. When…

— David Sedaris

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I only write when listening to the music.

— Mod Sun

Honestly, most of the stuff I made for 'TV on the Radio,' I write in the studio.

— Kyp Malone

And then, also, when you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to, like,…

— Mark Ronson

I write tunes about what people say, whatever they say.

— Fats Domino

That's why I don't listen to other people on the radio, never have, 'cause I don't want to inadvertently, even unaware, end up repeating…

— Rush Limbaugh

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

— Jimmy Buffett

In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just…

— Little Simz

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

— Augusten Burroughs