Quotes about Starting to Write

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. Votes: 4

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is. Votes: 3

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats. Votes: 3

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am. Votes: 3

As I tell my intro creative writing students, after reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write. Votes: 3

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story. Votes: 3

I'm really interested in starting to write my own songs. I never really did, but hopefully I will because I'm so interested in writing my own songs. Votes: 3

When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it. Votes: 3

I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she starts out of sheer stubbornness. Votes: 3

I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old. Votes: 2

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. Votes: 2

When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write. Votes: 2

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how. Votes: 2

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs. Votes: 2

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write. Votes: 2

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes. Votes: 2

When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore. Votes: 2

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. Votes: 2

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. Votes: 2

I like when the song starts to take over and you feel like you have to dance more than write. Votes: 2

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. Votes: 2

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. Votes: 2

I never thought it was unusual to write, and I've been writing or pretending to write since before I even started school. Votes: 2

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again. Votes: 2

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays. Votes: 2

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy. Votes: 2

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.' Votes: 2

My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying. Votes: 2

I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas. Votes: 0

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage. Votes: 0

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. Votes: 0

Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it. Votes: 0

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. Votes: 0

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically. Votes: 0

Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion. Votes: 0