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I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I…

— Ernest Cline

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my…

— Shakira

The voice that I want to write in is a voice for me and mine and where I grew up.

— Tyler Childers

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and…

— David Schwimmer

As I grew older and got into the late teens and early 20s, I wanted to be a voice of the people. You know,…

— Rza

I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell.

— Julie Schumacher

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a…

— Tom Waits

That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas…

— Stephen Schwartz

This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.

— Quentin S. Crisp

When I became a parent and hit my thirties, I got my hands on an acoustic guitar. I started writing quiet, simple songs at…

— Withered Hand

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen -…

— Gwen Stefani

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and…

— Theresa Breslin