Write Quotes
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If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.
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I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.
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I can write about pain without experiencing pain, which I am thankful for.
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I write songs in batches and then record them and then can't write again for ages. I try and build one song upon another, they may not obviously look inter-related but often one song acts as a springboard into another.
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I kind of live by this old thing that time will tell whether people are going to write about this or that; all we can do is be who we are and make records we love, and everything else will sort itself out.
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Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.
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I don't write about myself. I'm never in my books.
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It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.
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The best advice I can give to any aspiring author is to write every single day. Work at the craft of writing. Take it seriously.
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I do not write for the public. You are my public and I hope to convert you.
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I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all time you see - one has to keep oneself afloat.
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I wasn't aware I'd write the novel when I wrote the New Yorker story either. And the narration of their construction in 10:04 is fiction, however flickering.
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I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.
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The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.
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Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know that I want to settle there. I prefer the creative spur of exile. () But wherever I am I shall be Jewish, and that sound will inform every syllable I write. I am blessed with a long ancestry of wisdom, prophecy, and promise, a line of overwhelming creative achievements, courage, humor, and, above all, a dogged and chronic permanence, the greatest legacy of all.
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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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I just write whenever I can.
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Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it.
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My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.
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I write songs simply because I get a kick out of making them exist. I'm also sort of addicted to the recording studio, and making albums is my idea of fun.
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I'm very parasitic, from my own experiences. I just go and mine my dirty laundry, you know, and go through it until I find something that's interesting enough to me to write a song about.
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I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
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Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.
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I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn’t want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when you’re a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.
