Quotes of: Write Keyword

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.

Gertrude Stein

We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us b...

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer Write. Write more. Write even more. Write even more than that. Write when you don’t want to. Write when you do. Write when you have something to say. Write when you don’t. Write every day. Keep writing.

Life

On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again....

Anne Rice

Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.

Harlan Coben

I write, I write, I always write.

Tom Araya

I write because I'm free, because I can, because I will. I write because I must, because I'm breathing, because I'd go crazy otherwise, because it's who I am. I write to make a statement, to share my thoughts, to discover myself, to express my ideas....

Nadège Richards

I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write be...

Orhan Pamuk

Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans. As a culture, we want cash on the barrel head. We want writing to earn dollars and sense so that it makes sense to us. W...

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice.

Todd Phillips

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

E. L. Doctorow

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.

Valerie June

I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.

Garrison Keillor

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Colin Quinn

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

James Toback

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

I believe that what we want to write wants to be written

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because re-writing seems to be mostly about craft, and writing is just, like, getting out your passion on a piece of paper.

Cameron Crowe

(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

The Writing Class

Writers are the custodians of memory...

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction