Quotes of: I-write Keyword

Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.

Cecelia Ahern

The standard of writing that I'm getting now from 'Big Finish' compares very favourably with some of the stuff I was doing on screen in the '80s.

Colin Baker

I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.

Cassandra Clare

I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.

Georges Simenon

My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.

Harry Mathews

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

Haruki Murakami

I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.

James Mercer

Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.

Jason Mraz

The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.

Joyce Maynard

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

Joseph O'Neill

I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.

Joseph O'Neill

When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.

Dan Aykroyd

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

Damian Lewis

Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.

Jo Deurbrouck

I can't write the same book over and over again... let it go, once it's gone!

Jane Gardam

I write small poems— the kind that fit on a postcard… and still can break your heart

John Geddes

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

Jim Harrison

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

Chuck Inglish

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.

Mara Brock Akil

The process of writing 'The Innovator's Dilemma' entailed the developing a new theory. My colleagues, students and I have been improving that theory, and adding others to it, since that time.

Clayton Christensen

For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

Dario Fo