The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write. Votes: 3
I do not know what you are supposed to do with memories likes these. It feels wrong to want to forget. Perhaps this is why we write these things down, so we can move on. Votes: 3
We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone else's skin, so to speak. That's why we read novels, and also why we write them"to experience more life. Votes: 3
I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other. Votes: 1
The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines. Votes: 1
We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's why we have such a widespread audience. Votes: 1
In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay. Votes: 1
Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write books, articles, or plays; not to do science or play music. Brains develop because they are an expedient way of managing life in a body. Votes: 1
All we really have when we pretend to write about the future is the moment in which we are writing. That's why every imagined future obsoletes like an ice cream melting on the way back from the corner store. Votes: 1
Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for using our stories, so we can keep checks and balances alive and continue to provide the search engine with our stories? Votes: 1
I think most people write from what they see in their own world, which is maybe why we so often see an African-American woman as the best friend, or the one you bring in when you need some sass. It's like we're put in a box. Votes: 1
Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses? Votes: 1
Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested in the creative process. I'm fascinated by the disparity between who we are on the outside, and what we have bubbling away inside us. Votes: 1
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading. Votes: 1
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and I want novels to work purely as novels. Otherwise I don't see how they'll survive - why don't we just all go to the movies or watch television. Votes: 1
When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage. Votes: 1
People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become. Votes: 1
You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting. Votes: 1
We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That's why we paint, that's why we dare to love someone - because we have the impulse to explain who we are. Votes: 1
What Stieg Larsson was up to - it was the Swedish guilt over World War II. All of our neighbors had the most terrible experiences with the bad forces, but Sweden didn't. I think we use the thrillers in a different way. We never write a thriller like 'Who is the murderer?' The big question in most of our thrillers is... 'Why?' Votes: 1
Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it. Votes: 0
I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough. Votes: 0
History is what we write, not what we remember. Why should we tarnish the memory of our planet by enshrining our less then noble deeds? Votes: 0
Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us. Votes: 0
Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already? Votes: 0
Why didn't they ask the Evans? Votes: 3 Agatha Christie
Write . . . write . . . pencil . . . paper. Votes: 5 Heinrich Heine