Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

I write about the scariest monsters: The ones inside us all. And the ones that want to eat what is inside us all.

Aaron Marcusson

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.

Anne Rice

I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

Anita Shreve

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.

Anne Stevenson

I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

Amy Winehouse

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

Andy Weir

I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever.

Brian Celio

I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.

Love

I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.

Vanessa Brown

There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.

Valerie Simpson

I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.

W. Somerset Maugham

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.

Wole Soyinka

I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

Junot Diaz

The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what you want to know.'

Julia Glass

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice.

James Iha

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Jerome Lawrence

Who writes love letters grows thin; who carries them, fat.

Dutch

He who writes love letters must have clammy hands.

German

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Fahrenheit 451

People don't read anymore. And, when they do, they don't read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them, because those books are seen as important. Somehow, the Librarians have successfully managed to convince most people in the H...

Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

The characteristics of this kind of reading are perhaps summed up in the word “orthodox,” which is almost always applicable. The word comes from two Greek roots, meaning “right opinion.” These are books for which there is one and only one rig...

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