Write Quotes
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When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.
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We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.
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For me, the guitar was just a tool to make songs. I started when I was 10 - I learned what I had to learn to get my ideas across. I always felt I was a weak guitar player, but now I realize with the finger-picking stuff, I actually know how to do what I do with my songs, but I couldn't step in and be an overall guitar player. But my guitar playing has always been driven by the need to write songs.
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Every record we do, we do one song we didn't write.
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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.
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I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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I can read and arrange, but I can't write.
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'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.
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I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.
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I write any sort of rubbish which will cover the main outlines of the story, then I can begin to see it.
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Write to one person, not a million.
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I could probably have an idea one day and then go into the studio and really wanna write about just that idea that I have in mind. Or it can vary with just a simple beat and I just do a bunch of melodies on the track that inspire me.
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I have this rule: It's like, if you write an amazing, cool song that you mean and then you go put your leather pants on and sing it in front of people; that's OK. But if you put your leather pants on and stand in front of the mirror and go, "Ok, I've got to write a song to fit these pants," then you're in trouble.
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I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.
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It's so, so awful for my entire body and my spine and my hands, and I have a perfectly good desk to write at, but I don't care. I love writing in bed.
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That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.
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Every writer has written a spec. It's the first thing you write, and it basically stands as a means of, 'Here's an example of how I tell stories.' It's almost like a business card.
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Nobody has to give me permission to write.
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It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!
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That's just a part of your soul. I couldn't be complacent about that no matter how much I wanted to. Sometimes thinking I have to write songs for an album feels like I have to study for an exam. Then as soon as I start writing I remember how much I love the process. We both do.
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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
