Sit Quote by Roger Taylor

['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and…

— James Taylor

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective…

— Christine Lavin

I see myself more like a novelist or a polygamist than a musician in terms of my output.

— Mark Kozelek

I had, like any other young novelist, started out by believing the difficult thing was to get published and that, once you managed that,…

— Mordecai Richler

Like every novelist, I fantasise about film. Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when…

— John le Carre

As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

— Amy Bloom

“However, just like any line of work, writing is a negotiation, and creative control is as elusive as financial stability. I discovered that writing…

— Alice Driver

That's the hard work of writing. The imagining.

— Jincy Willett

Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.

— Francine Rivers

It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.

— Donna Tartt

The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing.

— Judith Rossner