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For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.
I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.
I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.
Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.”
Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.
I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective
The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man.
Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.
I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book.
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.
Somebody once said to me if you want to be understood, don't write fiction.
I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.
Im a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
I always say I want to eventually shift my career to directing and writing.
In addition to comedy, I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds.
I didn't to be like, "I have to write a new album. I need to get creative."
I am always writing no matter what I am doing and no matter what it is for.
I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.
To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.
But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.
When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist.
The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.
You have typewriters, presses. And a huge audience. How about raising hell?
I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.
What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.
I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.
The second album is the hardest to write. Its nothing like the first album.
The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.
I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author
When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.
About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.
Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention.
Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.
So many bands write about the same s - . It gets real boring after a while.
Don't write about your most emotionally charged moment as a learning thing.
Writing is a conversation, to me. The best kind. You can't get interrupted.
The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.
Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write.
Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.
Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.