Write Quotes
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I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I can get pretty dark, but in real life I'm very carefree. But when I'm happy, I ain't writing songs, I'm out having a laugh, being in love. I wouldn't have the time. If I ever get married, it'll be 'Darling, I need a divorce, it's been three years, I've got a record to write!'
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We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.
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I write my music.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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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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It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.
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When I write and produce something, I know exactly how I want it to sound, and I have a very strong interpretation of it. I can't really think of anyone at the moment I'd particularly like to play a duet with. You never know, though, I might receive an offer tomorrow and say, "Yeah, that'd be great." But it's not something that's on my mind.
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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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We're always trying to outdo ourselves, trying to do better, trying to write better songs. I think we want to inspire other people as well, so that's what we'll try to do through future songs.
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There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness.
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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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Let's make Marco Rubio explain why he thinks oil companies should write our energy policy.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
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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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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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I don't write about my life in my column.
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Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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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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Mostly, I just write about feelings that people can relate to. Because, yeah, I don't know who I am, and this is not my sound forever... I'm a human, so hopefully, I will always develop.
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Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.
