To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.
I was always afraid to write music.
I just want to keep writing music.
I should be writing ...
Producing works of art doesn't often count as appropriate intellectual work in an arts department: yet the equivalent in a science department, doing physics or chemistry, does. So why is it that in universities writing about novels is thought to be a...
Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time you sit down to write, or the next; but little by little, as you become aware of more choices and begin to make them -- consciously a...
Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, a...
Fantasy? That's for the Fire Birds. Fantasy, even when it takes science-fictional forms, which it often does, is dangerous. It is escapist. It is daydreaming. It has nothing to do with the world and the world's problems. So said the snobs who did not...
When writing goes painfully, when it’s hideously difficult, and one feels real despair (ah, the despair, silly as it is, is real!)–then naturally one ought to continue with the work; it would be cowardly to retreat. But when writing goes smoothly...
Real writers write. Period. No, the muse does not come to visit everyday. She’s a lazy, precocious flirt. You cannot get into the habit of being “in the mood” to write. No writer on Earth is in the mood to write everyday, but the good ones do i...
I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.
I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.
I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there.
I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.
I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing.
I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult.
If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.
I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.
