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I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.
I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.
It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.
When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears?
I spend three hours a day writing and the rest of my day getting over it.
I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.
Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.
If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.
Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.
There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.
I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.
You can't write a good song about a whorehouse unless you've been in one.
What you write becomes who you are… So make sure you love what you write!
I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.
Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.
The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.
You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer.
In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.
Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.
Unfortunately, most news writing is the product of a first draft culture.
Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I’m writing about.
Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment.
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper.
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.
My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
I started writing seriously when I was about 12. I am always in the mood.
Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level.
I used to be treated like an idiot, now I'm treated like an idiot savant.
I feel more comfortable writing firmly comedic or slightly comedic stuff.
Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.
In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.
Let those who will write the nation's laws, if I can write its textbooks.
When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.
I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing
Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver.