The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
I write in American slang.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.
I write about what I'm going through.
When I write I find a quiet place.
When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.
I write what I'm interested in.
Everything I write is about me.
Trust me, I write fiction.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.
If I write the song, I get to name it.
I write out of my intellectual experience.
I write in a small office at home.
Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.
When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.
And I love writing. I've always loved writing.
And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.
Everything I write has an unsettling edge.
I don't write romance. Read it? Yes. Write it? No.