I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.
If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.
Certainly I had a really terrible time with 'Emotionally Weird.' When I finished it, I thought, 'I can't write any more.'
I knew I loved writing, and I was raised by people who love books.
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with black actors in mind.
I can read and write. I went to school for six years. I just couldn't continue.
I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.
I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
I like to stay artistic. So I always like to draw or write.
When I sit down to write I actually ask myself,
I like to have a title before I start writing.
I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.
Most things I go through I have to write about.
I didn't write. I just wandered about.
If I wasn't an actor, I would probably be writing or doing something with psychology.
I started writing as soon as I started reading.
I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.
I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.
I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.