Write Quotes
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Whether or not you write well, write bravely.
Bill Stout
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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
Joseph Lancaster
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The most common time I write lyrics is the middle of the night.
Alissa White-Gluz Arch Enemy
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The world is full of paper, write to me.
Agha Shahid Ali
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When I do have spare time to write, I'm tempted to spend it napping.
Ravyn Lenae
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I write to find out what I didn't know I knew.
Robert Frost
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When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.
Alan Menken
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You write a play mostly out of yourself. There's a need to get a certain thing down.
Israel Horovitz
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I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete and arrogance, and just thought to myself, 'I think I can write like this.'
Josh Elliott
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What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
Lord Byron
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Why do I find it hard to write the next line?
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
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Bukharin's a swine and surely worse than a swine because he thinks it below his dignity to write a couple of lines.
Joseph Stalin
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I don't know if make a conscious effort to vary the characters and subjects that I write about, but I do find myself keeping track of ideas that come along, as probably most writers do, and whatever seems most interesting to me when I flip through my notes before I begin a new story is usually what I will try to write about next.
Christine Sneed
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Some people are very unfulfilled. In consequence they write passionately good romance because they believe that they could still find happiness. Emily Bronte was not a fulfilled woman but the passion she felt went into Wuthering Heights.
Charlotte Bingham
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Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.
Joseph Wambaugh
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When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.
Jennifer Donnelly
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When you want to learn about how people write, their unpolished, unguarded words are the best place to start, and we have reams of them.
Christian Rudder
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I have tried to write Paradise Do not move Let the wind speak that is paradise. Let the Gods forgive what I have made Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.
Ezra Pound
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There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.
Israel Zangwill
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I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party
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I know how to write. So I am not totally at the mercy of filmmakers, but it's not a bad point.
Sarah Silverman
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I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
Flannery O'Connor
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I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party
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Eh, it's not that attractive to have a plan. I know that if I ever feel that I need to make a funny movie, I’ll figure out how to write one. I’ll get it done. If I ever get some ambition, I’m gonna get some shit done.
Bill Murray