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Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five.

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

I wanted to write about how people's beliefs shift.

I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write.

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a year.

I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

All experience helps when you write.

I'm going to write a whole pilot and see if anyone's interested, and if not then I'll just live out the tortured life instead of showing it on TV.

When you're being looked at very hard, it's very hard to look back. And that made me stop paying attention to the world in a way that allowed me then to write about it.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.