If you only enjoy the journey of writing, that's reward enough.
Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.
Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.
I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.
I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.
If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play.
Mother writes that the Americans are perfectly sweet, as are the Rocky Mountains
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.
A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.
In order to write about life first you must live it.
I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing.
The music lets me see the story but the story doesn't let me write the words.
Your current circumstances are part of your redemption story He is writing.
My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.
The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.