Write Quotes
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If you want to get an email to Robert Redford, you send it to his assistant, and she prints it out. And then he will write you a letter, which is incredibly rare and incredibly classy. Unfortunately, I can't be that removed from technology.
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I just write mechanical things.
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I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
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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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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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The books I like to read the most feel like they've been written by somebody who had to write them or go crazy. They had to get them out of their heads. I like that kind of urgency.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
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I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
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It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.
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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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The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard.
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It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I was a little kid. That's my absolute rush, is playing for different people every night, bringing something else to the table they've never seen.
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History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
