Writing Quotes

I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the things that interest me-some of which change, some of which don't.

I'm really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I'm writing music.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision.

I really love writing themes and melody.

The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes.

All I knew was that I was writing something out of my very guts, and that I was content.

When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a sort of cosy phrase that got used a bit too much.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits and marketing, and generally less congenial - but my day is the same: get out of bed, procrastinate, sit down at my desk, try to write something.

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it.

But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.