Quotes about Why I Write

I'm not entirely sure why I write. Votes: 2

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. Votes: 2

I don't know why I write what I write. Votes: 2

I have never sought the reason why I write. Votes: 2

I don't know why sportswriters always have to write bad things about Joaquin Andujar. Votes: 2

My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. Votes: 2

I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels. Votes: 2

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write. Votes: 2

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal. Votes: 2

Take it from me: I really love making things up, which is why I write fiction for a living. Votes: 2

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write. Votes: 2

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything? Votes: 2

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other. Votes: 2

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better. Votes: 2

Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring. Votes: 2

Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm here for, so I'd better do it. Votes: 2

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. Votes: 2

I like to write about a lot of things, which is why my books are different. This is probably why I don't like to write sequels, but chiefly I like to write about people. Votes: 2

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen. Votes: 2

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk. Votes: 2

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to. Votes: 0

I didn't write the rules. Why would I follow them? Votes: 0

I write poems to find out why I write them Votes: 0

Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Votes: 0

I'm frequently asked why I don't write my memoirs. I think I have. Votes: 0

People ask me why I write. I write to find out what I know. Votes: 0

I'm not a very good communicator, so maybe that's why I write about talking. Votes: 0

I am often asked why I write, and I don't know really--I just want to. Votes: 0

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue. Votes: 0

That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance. Votes: 0

Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply. Votes: 0

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere. Votes: 0

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? Votes: 0

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band. Votes: 0

My son is the reason why I write music. He's the reason why everything is different for me. Votes: 0

I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back? Votes: 0

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave. Votes: 0

Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why. Votes: 0

People write a lot of similar material. That's why I try to come up with the most absurd jokes. Votes: 0

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion. Votes: 0

I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write. Votes: 0

I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers. Votes: 0

I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?' Votes: 0

Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. Votes: 0

I certainly believe you can write a narrative lyric or a lyrical narrative - why not a nyric or a larrative? Votes: 0

Every time I make a mistake with a company, I write it out and try to figure out why it happened. Votes: 0

I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art. Votes: 0

I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write. Votes: 0

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. Votes: 0

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. Votes: 0

I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs. Votes: 0

Oh, you know what bloggers are like, they write and write and write. I don't know why, because they're not being paid. Votes: 0

That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version. Votes: 0

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion. Votes: 0

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal. Votes: 0

Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much. Votes: 0

If you don't have to write songs, why write them? I've got enough where I don't really feel the urge to write anything additional. 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

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. Votes: 0

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that. Votes: 0

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. Votes: 0

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. Votes: 0

People will sometimes say, "Why don't you write more politics?" And I have to explain to them that writing the lives of women IS politics. Votes: 0

There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same. Votes: 0

I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys. Votes: 0

Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose? Votes: 0

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie industry. Votes: 0

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry. Votes: 0

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels. Votes: 0

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it. Votes: 0

I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found the words for it. Votes: 0

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it. Votes: 0

I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write. Votes: 0

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it? Votes: 0

Why do I write? From selfishness. Because this state of liquefied, complex concentration, however faintly and dimly I'm able to perceive it, is the greatest pleasure I know. Votes: 0

Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently while an underprivileged farmer burglarizes her. Votes: 0

If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet. Votes: 0

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them. Votes: 0

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk. Votes: 0

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much. Votes: 0

Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count. Votes: 0

Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child. And, there is some truth to that. Votes: 0

Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel. Votes: 0

Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing that's ever happened in the world.' Votes: 0

I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head. Votes: 0

What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, 'Criminy, why didn't I ever think to write that!' Votes: 0

That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am. Votes: 0

The key to understanding my career is that I was never into technology. From the beginning, I brought an outsider's point of view, which is why I write for a layman's publication. Votes: 0

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many. Votes: 0

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about. Votes: 0

When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French. Votes: 0

I don't know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn't have to. But it is a compulsion. You don't choose it, it chooses you. And I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. Votes: 0