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I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.
Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork.
Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it.
Anything that I'm doing I'm writing specifically for a particular project.
The only one who doesn't make mistakes is the one who doesn't do anything.
A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend helped you write them.
In fact, in Europe, I'm more kind of this bloke what writes lots of stuff.
Writing on the subway or anywhere is writing. Maybe it's all just writing.
The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.
I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about.
Sure, it's simple, writing for kids... Just as simple as bringing them up.
I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it.
If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.
I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise.
Someone's writing down your mistakes, someone's documenting your downfall.
People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.
You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.
I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.
Writing the book automatically made me accept myself and love myself more.
A story isn't about a moment in time, a story is about the moment in time.
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.
If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything.
Experiences that banish irony are much better for living than for writing.
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.
I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.
Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.
Too much is written by the men who can't write about the men who do write.
The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.
I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for.
Novels seem to me to be richer, broader, deeper, more enjoyable than poems.
The idea of Herman Melville in a writing class is always distressing to me.
The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.
I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.
What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!
Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper.
I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer.
The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'
For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.
Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.
Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.
The work is more important than the talking and the writing about the work.
If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can.
A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.
If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.
I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.