Quotes of: I-write Keyword

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

Lee Child

I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive.

Norma McCorvey

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.

Peter Fonda

Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

Patricia Reilly Giff

The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.

Padma Lakshmi

While I'm writing, I'm far away; and when I come back, I've gone.

Pablo Neruda

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

Patrick White

When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.

Roddy Doyle

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

Richard Ford

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

Ross Kemp

I don't want to be a writer where all the characters sound the same. There's a facility in that kind of writing.

Richard LaGravenese

Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.

Sue Monk Kidd

My mother is a poem that I could never write for she deserves multitudes; all of praise.

Sinovuyo Nkonki

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.

Stewart O'Nan

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

Sam Tsui

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

Shania Twain

It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

Sting

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.

Toby Keith

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.

Tracy Kidder

After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep once and a while.

Tobias Lindholm