Write Quotes
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.
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I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.
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I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.
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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish.
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I just write mechanical things.
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I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who played Eddie Winslow and Kirk Cameron to live in a house. The Jehovah's Witnesses would come to the house a lot or something like that. I kind of like the idea of Scientologists and Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convert Kirk Cameron.
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When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
