Write Quotes
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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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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
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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 write my music.
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You just never know if people out there will relate to things when you write them; it matters to you, and to some people it doesn't. Some people are 'I'm not in the mood for that; thanks.'
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My method is, I just sit down and write a book.
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In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
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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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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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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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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a long time I’ve been the servant of the song that comes, that appears and can’t be buried away. How to seal myself up now?…It no longer matters to me who receives what I submit. What I carry out is, in that respect, greater and deeper than I, I am merely the channel.
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If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
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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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I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.
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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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Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
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Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.
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Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
