Away Quote by Tom Waits

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page.

— Tom Waits

There's a difference between writing, the written word, and music. When you have the blank page it doesn't make a sound, which is like…

— Jamie Lidell

They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this…

— Macaulay Culkin

As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all…

— Donna Jo Napoli

Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers…

— Stephen Malkmus

When writing for the page, the focus is on the design - how the words appear on the page. I try to make it…

— Rupi Kaur

Sometimes you have to say the words exactly how they are on the page, but sometimes when you improv, it only helps to get…

— Taraji P. Henson

What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.

— Jimmy Smits

First and foremost, it's got to be on the page. It starts with the writing.

— Miguel Ferrer

Whether it's a lower or higher budget project, a TV show or a film, the words on the page are the same to me…

— Michael Eklund

My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them…

— Ani DiFranco