Quotes about Write on

I write on all instruments. Votes: 4

I mostly write on my own, walking, outside. Votes: 4

I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever. Votes: 4

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. Votes: 4

I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back. Votes: 4

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

A hand cannot write on itself. Votes: 3

Let love write on you for awhile. Votes: 3

Stay humble as a writer: write on toilet paper. Votes: 3

Your life is a blank page. You write on it. Votes: 3

How many books did Renoir write on how to paint? Votes: 3

When I want to read a novel, I write one. Votes: 3

I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat. Votes: 3

Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably. Votes: 3

Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered. Votes: 3

Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on. Votes: 3

You need to write on your own and produce your own life. Votes: 3

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come. Votes: 3

I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there. Votes: 3

I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore. Votes: 3

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Votes: 3

You have 365 new blank pages. What will you write on first blank page? Votes: 3

If you can't handle the responsibility of a hit single, don't write one. Votes: 3

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere. Votes: 3

I promised that from now on I would write only for the Lord. Votes: 3

I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages. Votes: 3

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself. Votes: 3

If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied. Votes: 3

If I have to try and write one more country single, I'll lose my mind. Votes: 3

Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. Votes: 3

It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens. Votes: 3

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred. Votes: 3

I've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me. Votes: 3

It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours. Votes: 3

I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards. Votes: 3

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. Votes: 3

I want to be able to write on my walls. I think that's the big thing. Votes: 3

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out. Votes: 3

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. Votes: 3

Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you. Votes: 3

Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available. Votes: 3

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. Votes: 3

I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am. Votes: 3

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track. Votes: 3

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. Votes: 3

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. Votes: 3

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. Votes: 3

I have always been able to write on the spot. It is a talent that I guess comes naturally. Votes: 3

Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet. Votes: 3

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. Votes: 3

Oh my God, I never really tweet, but there's a moment every day I write one and then delete it. Votes: 3

I do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin. Votes: 3

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! Votes: 3

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it. Votes: 3

2010 has been awesome. I got to write on the David Hasselhoff Roast this summer, and that's always been a dream. Votes: 3

Once you reach your fifties, you have to stop being interested in the present and write only on Elizabethan poets. Votes: 3

Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe. Votes: 3

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. Votes: 3

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people. Votes: 3

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one. Votes: 3

One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. Votes: 3

People always write on my Facebook that they've seen somebody they thought was me on the subway, and I was cursing badly. Votes: 3

I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows. Votes: 3

I write on a visual canvas, 'seeing' a scene in my thoughts before translating it into language, so I'm a visual junkie. Votes: 3

Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues Votes: 3

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' Votes: 3

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. Votes: 3

My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk. Votes: 3

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road Votes: 3

Facebook is like jail, you sit around and waste time, you write on walls and you get poked by people you don't know Votes: 3

I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it. Votes: 3

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory. Votes: 3

'Ordinary Grace' freed me. I don't have to write only Cork O'Connor novels now. I'm liberated. I can write whatever I want to write. Votes: 3

I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name. Votes: 3

One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism. Votes: 3

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one... Votes: 3

Stop being self-conscious when you write.You are the expert about the world you are creating,no one else. So be bold and write on. Votes: 3

When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to any one idea. Votes: 3

There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake. Votes: 3

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to. Votes: 3

There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love. Votes: 3

You evolve in the ways in which you are precious. When you are the director, you are also continuing to write on the floor as you go along. Votes: 3

In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.' Votes: 3

I've learned you can't write on a computer on a bus. It jiggles too much, especially an Apple. The keyboard jiggles around too much, and there are too many typos. Votes: 3

I enjoy the process of writing collaboration so there's some stuff that already that may happen and then some stuff that I'm initiating that I may write on my own. Votes: 3

Some people grab my hair and pull it out. People write on my jeans when I'm on stage. They write on my boots - their phone number, name or whatever. Votes: 3

When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps. Votes: 3

I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that way, driven by some kind of emotional response. Votes: 3

I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something. Votes: 3

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter. Votes: 3

I can write anywhere. But I don't use a computer, and I could never write on a laptop. I hate the sound of computers; it's too dull, like it's not doing anything for you. Votes: 3

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel. Votes: 3

I write on a computer. On breaks, I'll make myself green tea. I don't want something too caffeinated. I guess I don't believe in chemical enhancement of my writing. Just slight, but nothing crazy. Votes: 3

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence. Votes: 3

I have a horror of the blank page. I simply cannot write on a blank page or screen. Because once I do, I start to fix it, and I never get past the first sentence. Votes: 3

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that. Votes: 3

When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do; I should write one-liners.' And I did. My first album is mostly one-liners. Votes: 3

I write on a very strict 2-hour-a-day schedule, and I really respond to structure and invented rules. So even if I'm finding out good information on a character, I will stop when I'm set to stop. Votes: 3

I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music. Votes: 3

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories. Votes: 3

In Endless Quest books, you start the plot, and the character has to make choices. Then you have to write one choice over here, one choice over there. The author might get one or two choices out. Votes: 3

Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated. Votes: 3

It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn. Votes: 3

No matter how many red Xs we write on our hands to end slavery, as long as these same hands are clicking on pornographic websites and scrolling through sexual pictures and videos, we are frauds to the core. Votes: 3

It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing his latest banjo symphony, having just completed another movie and acclaimed, best-selling novel. Votes: 3

I like dialogue that is slightly more brittle than life. I have always admired and wished to write one of those 1940s film scripts where every line is written with a sharpness and economy that is frankly artificial. Votes: 3

I think I belong to America's last generation of novelists. Novelists will come one by one from now on, not in seeming families, and will perhaps write only one or two novels, and let it go at that. Votes: 3

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools. Votes: 3

With the 'Hazelwood High' trilogy, I wasn't sure I was writing a trilogy. I would just write one book, then another, and then another, because the young adults who wrote me told me that they wanted to read more. Votes: 3

I learn more from the audience than I can from anybody else. Not from what they write on the scorecards, but how they respond to the movie while they're watching it - where they laugh and where they react. Votes: 3

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. Votes: 3

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good. Votes: 3

I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process. Votes: 3

I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read. Votes: 3

Let me tell you, if I could write one-tenth as fast as some of my friends, I'd be made. I'd be it. But instead I happen to be, in the tree of life of writers, down at the bottom, with the hematodes. Votes: 3

I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy. Votes: 3

And then we've got Blades of Glory, and we've got Brothers Solomon, and I've got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development. Votes: 3

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books. Votes: 3

The Twist was a guided missile, launched from the ghetto into the very heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion, and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books. Votes: 3

A man can write one book that can be great, but this doesn't make him a great writer-just the writer of a great book. . . I think a writer has to extend very widely, as well as plunge very deep, to be a great novelist. Votes: 3

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand. Votes: 3

My liberal friends love to dismiss Reagan. You know, they'll say something like, 'Oh, didn't he, like, only read one-page memos when he was in the White House?' Well, that's just good managerial practice. I mean, Franklin Roosevelt made people write one-page memos. Votes: 3

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence. Votes: 3

I had several publishers, and they were all the same. They all wanted salacious. And everybody is writing autobiographies, and that's one reason why I'm not going to do it. If young Posh Spice can write her autobiography, then I don't want to write one! Votes: 3

The Garden Under Snow "Now the garden is under snow a blank page our footprints write onclare who was never minebut always belonged to herselfSleeping Beautya crystalline blanketthis is her springthis is her sleeping/awakeningshe is waitingeverything is waitingthe improbable shapes of rootsmy babyher facea garden, waiting. Votes: 3

People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn't write on people anymore, but I'd give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I'd do that. Votes: 3

People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing. Votes: 3

I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop! Votes: 3

And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex sugars and foods, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates. and then why don't we knock that down and write on it? Votes: 3

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I'm all about doing every genre. Votes: 3

I used to write on my resume that I was shorter than I was because I thought it would inhibit my roles, and as soon as I embraced that I am a tall female, I started getting really fantastic roles and really didn't even worry about wearing heels. Votes: 3

Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph, until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety - it's the job. Votes: 3

A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute. Votes: 3

I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter and be like, 'Hey, what's up? Yogurt's delicious.' Votes: 3

I used to write on a big old couch, but I gave that away. I was wise enough to give it to my son, so if it turns out that the couch was essential to my work, at least the decision to be rid of it is not irreversible. Votes: 3

If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about my life in less and less disguise as I grew older, and finally with no disguise - except the disguise we create for ourselves, which is self-deception. Votes: 3

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished. Votes: 3

I used to write in school a lot; I always liked it and used to write on my own, comic books, come up with alternate story lines to the stuff I watched and read, a lot of books and TV, episodes of 'Twilight Zone.' I didn't think about it. Votes: 3

I write based on how I feel. Votes: 2

On a good day I write, all day. Votes: 2

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads. Votes: 2

Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap. Votes: 2

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write. Votes: 2

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords. Votes: 2

We always write way more than we put on a record. We always write a lot-lot. Votes: 2

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on. Votes: 2

I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that. Votes: 2

You are the plays you write. How on earth could you write them otherwise? They're projections of your own predilections. Votes: 2

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable. Votes: 2

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. Votes: 2

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration. Votes: 2

I write everything on a xylophone! Votes: 0

I write really well on the road. Votes: 0

You can't write poetry on the computer. Votes: 0

On the whole, stories don't write themselves. Votes: 0

There is no rule on how to write. Votes: 0

I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets. Votes: 0

Never write more than two pages on any subject. Votes: 0

Don't think and then write it down. Think on paper. Votes: 0

Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones. Votes: 0

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano. Votes: 0

I hang my laundry on the line when I write. Votes: 0

One day I want to write a full-on horror book. Votes: 0

I write what the Holy Spirit put on my mind. Votes: 0

Write more thank-you cards, but draw fewer swastikas on them. Votes: 0

I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop. Votes: 0

I could write a book on the things I've done drunk. Votes: 0

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano, Votes: 0

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives. Votes: 0

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff. Votes: 0

Don't write naughty words on the wall if you can't spell! Votes: 0

I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly, Votes: 0

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too. Votes: 0

You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line. Votes: 0

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.' Votes: 0

I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror. Votes: 0

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting. Votes: 0

Write 'judge of beautiful women' on my tombstone. I'd be quite happy. Votes: 0

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it. Votes: 0

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length. Votes: 0

You can write a book on how to ruin someone's perfect day. Votes: 0

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it. Votes: 0

I like to write about things that don't reflect exactly on my life. Votes: 0

Some people have enough dust on their bibles to write damnation on it. Votes: 0

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Votes: 0

With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on. Votes: 0

Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another. Votes: 0

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often. Votes: 0

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. Votes: 0

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them. Votes: 0

I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology Votes: 0

I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road. Votes: 0

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf. Votes: 0

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Votes: 0

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. Votes: 0

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. Votes: 0

Dear Aspiring Author; Write with heart. Put that open, honest, bare soul on paper. Votes: 0

I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week. Votes: 0

You should make it hard on yourself to write so you're easier to read. Votes: 0

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time. Votes: 0

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired. Votes: 0

I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it. Votes: 0

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write. Votes: 0

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny. Votes: 0

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. Votes: 0

I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world. Votes: 0

Write on a subject you love. Your profit center should also be your passion center. Votes: 0

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. Votes: 0

What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. Votes: 0

I don't even know how to Direct Message someone on Instagram. I still write letters. Votes: 0

...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?... Votes: 0

I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability. Votes: 0

I write for a lot of places, so I'm on a lot of promo lists. Votes: 0

There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers. Votes: 0

I get so sick and tired of Wikipedia. People write their own crap on there. Votes: 0

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it. Votes: 0

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Votes: 0

I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters. Votes: 0

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage. Votes: 0

Everything I write means a lot to me because it is my head on paper. Votes: 0

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Votes: 0

Letters of the condemned. Last words scratched on a cell’s wall. To write like that. Votes: 0

Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north. Votes: 0

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down! Votes: 0

I often work and write in coffee shops, observing the baristas and eavesdropping on interesting conversations. Votes: 0

The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that. Votes: 0

And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass. Votes: 0

Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book. Votes: 0

On my tombstone, I really hope that someday they will write: He was true but partial... Votes: 0

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write. Votes: 0

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. Votes: 0

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. Votes: 0

Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads. Votes: 0

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. Votes: 0

Words - as I speak or write them - make a path on which I walk. Votes: 0

I like having people with me to lean on and write with and have fun with. Votes: 0

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. Votes: 0

When I have a problem, I write it down and ask St Joseph to sleep on it Votes: 0

Do not set out to write with your eyes on the box office. It can't be done. Votes: 0

I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once. Votes: 0

You don't write a song to sit there on a page. You write it to sing it. Votes: 0

A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious. Votes: 0

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain. Votes: 0

Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better. Votes: 0

If you want to give the devil a message, write it on the bottom of your shoes. Votes: 0

Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Votes: 0

I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me. Votes: 0

When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar. Votes: 0

Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones. Votes: 0

What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air. Votes: 0

One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. Votes: 0

If you're selfish enough to kill yourself write your suicide note on the back of your will Votes: 0

The more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own. Votes: 0

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had. Votes: 0

Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. Votes: 0

It's a good thing, right, when an author gets turned on by the dirty scenes they write?! Votes: 0

You must become an expert on a product, service or anything you write about to really be effective. Votes: 0

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. Votes: 0

You could write a joke in the pub at lunchtime and watch it performed on television that evening. Votes: 0

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes. Votes: 0

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one. Votes: 0

We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job. Votes: 0

I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write. Votes: 0

My real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me Votes: 0

A novel must be judged on its merits, not on how hard the journey was to write it. Votes: 0

When you're a writer on a show, your job is to write in the show runner's voice, really. Votes: 0

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts. Votes: 0

Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage. Votes: 0

Nothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it. Votes: 0

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going. Votes: 0

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it. Votes: 0

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Votes: 0

It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check. Votes: 0

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current. Votes: 0

Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends. Votes: 0

I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard. Votes: 0

I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. Votes: 0

I never feel I'm standing on solid ground, and I do write with a certain kind of trembling fear. Votes: 0

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage. Votes: 0

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. Votes: 0

Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened. Votes: 0

I talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking. Votes: 0

... if they [your children] write their names in the dust on the furniture, don't let them put the year. Votes: 0

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. Votes: 0

Like everyone else, I was born naked and screaming, waiting for my life to write itself on my skin. Votes: 0

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine. Votes: 0

I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. Votes: 0

I write down inspirational things on cards that I keep in my bag and look at during the round. Votes: 0

It would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city. Votes: 0

I like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it! Votes: 0

The New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life. Votes: 0

If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. Votes: 0

I want to write a song based on my own childbirth. Of course, this is all a bit premature. Votes: 0

To some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write. Votes: 0

People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about. Votes: 0

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. Votes: 0

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. Votes: 0

I'm working on a new novel, in its 3rd draft, but it's hard to write while doing 7th Heaven. Votes: 0

Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all. Votes: 0

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics Votes: 0

I bullshit on the phone all day with a variety of people discussing various projects, and occasionally write jokes. Votes: 0

You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin. Votes: 0

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano Votes: 0

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport. Votes: 0

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else. Votes: 0

I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about. Votes: 0

I decided to write [Collateral Beauty] on my own which made it the first spec script I wrote in 11 years. Votes: 0

I just write... if it's really good, it's going on the record. If it's average, it's going in the trash. Votes: 0

Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating. Votes: 0

Writing is something that's great because you get to write every thought that's on your mind; you take your time. Votes: 0

...Raleigh was later to write, after a duel the hangman was the one who bestowed the garland on the victor. Votes: 0

I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I'm doing fiction. Votes: 0

Recovering from a gunshot wound is not a vacation. You need to, like, write that on your hand or something. Votes: 0

Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy. Votes: 0

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs. Votes: 0

I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web. Votes: 0

I would write a scientific paper with the devil, if it was on high temperatures. The fellow's probably an authority. Votes: 0

There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Votes: 0

My girlfriend does her nails with white-out. When she's asleep, I go over there and write misspelled words on them. Votes: 0

I don't like people who sit on computers all day long and write about people they don't know anything about. Votes: 0

I can play piano, and I write everything on piano, but I don't really feel like a piano player, necessarily. Votes: 0

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything. Votes: 0

My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar. Votes: 0

You must all know about Bourgain, so I don't have to write his name on the board-for an obvious reason. Votes: 0

When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing. Votes: 0

Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus. Votes: 0

When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como. Votes: 0

My wanting to write books annihilates the original root impulse that would have me bravely and blunderingly working on them. Votes: 0

We write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller. Votes: 0

I don't really write jokes. I wait for stuff to happen in life, and then I tell it on stage. Votes: 0

To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself. Votes: 0

May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal! Votes: 0

I think that's foolishness on the part of the playwright to write about himself. People don't know anything about themselves. Votes: 0

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. Votes: 0

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people. Votes: 0

When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub. Votes: 0

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple. Votes: 0

My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show. Votes: 0

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. Votes: 0

I'm thrilled to be in sci-fi because they write the women very strong, and you don't often get that on television. Votes: 0

A writer is the one who loves to write . . . on and about anything . . . And this clears that I am a writer!! Votes: 0

Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. Votes: 0

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart Votes: 0

You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself. Votes: 0

I like to write books where I get a question on the radio, and I don't have an answer for it. Votes: 0

I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule. Votes: 0

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing. Votes: 0

Much of the academy on the humanities side, English departments in particular, no longer write what can pass for normal English. Votes: 0

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Votes: 0

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton. Votes: 0

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better. Votes: 0

I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. Votes: 0

I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any. Votes: 0

I ask you to write this deeply into your souls . . . the materialistic culture . . . is now on the way to its close. Votes: 0

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through. Votes: 0

Write your goals down on a sheet of paper. That way you can easily flip the page over and ignore them. Votes: 0

I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand. Votes: 0

I always write 'Fight' on the mirrors - that goes way back to the times when you had to fight apathy. Votes: 0

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing... I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton. Votes: 0

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. Votes: 0

I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write. That's my own taste. I prefer to stumble on it. Votes: 0

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. Votes: 0

Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life. Votes: 0

Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap. Votes: 0

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually. Votes: 0

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write. Votes: 0

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. Votes: 0

Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want. Votes: 0

We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me. Votes: 0

I either write songs on guitar, or... I don't ever have a keyboard with me, but like, my keyboard on the laptop. Votes: 0

Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections. Votes: 0

I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person. Votes: 0

I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten. Votes: 0

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it. Votes: 0

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet. Votes: 0

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. Votes: 0

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it. Votes: 0

The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis. Votes: 0

I like to write a joke without any fat on it. The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically. Votes: 0

I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant. Votes: 0

I have a car business and if I had to do an estimate on my face, I would probably write it off. Votes: 0

Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that won’t. Votes: 0

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms. Votes: 0

What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper. Write it in the present tense. Votes: 0

It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television. Votes: 0

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently. Votes: 0

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest. Votes: 0

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Votes: 0

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on. Votes: 0

All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a computer. Votes: 0

In the world of the Internet, there are many falsehoods. Anyone can write stuff on Wikipedia, and it doesn't have to be true. Votes: 0

I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder. Votes: 0

You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes on. Votes: 0

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Votes: 0

One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. Votes: 0

One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more popular than putting. Votes: 0

It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you. Votes: 0

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. Votes: 0

There's no one on the island telling them they're not good enough, so they just go ahead and sing and paint and write. Votes: 0

We teach our boys to firebomb villages, but we won't let them write fuck on the side of their planes because it's obscene. 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 have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. Votes: 0

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it's working on; then you can write a novel. Votes: 0

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist. Votes: 0

I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road. Votes: 0

I often think we should have tattooed on the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, "I might be wrong. Votes: 0

I think most of my songs are based on an emotion and in every song I write, there's at least a partial truth. Votes: 0

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London. Votes: 0

Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. Votes: 0

Everything on the radio is metaphorical in a bad way. But when I write a lyric, like "bang my box," that's pretty clear. Votes: 0

My main interests right now are to publish, to write, to explicate various views which I hope have an impact on thinking people. Votes: 0

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically. Votes: 0

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on. Votes: 0

Write in the kitchen, lock yourself up in the bathroom. Write on the bus or the welfare line, on the job or during meals. Votes: 0

Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing. Votes: 0

Isn't better to excel in your work than wasting time on fruitless things ... after all to become the history, you have to write it. Votes: 0

When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked. Votes: 0

Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form. Votes: 0

I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic. Votes: 0

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me. Votes: 0

Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about. Votes: 0

I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to write professionally. Votes: 0

I tend to write about people on the edge who are pushing things out from the edge but who are not necessarily big-ticket items. Votes: 0

Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories. Votes: 0

My parents were avid readers. Both had ambitions to write that had been abandoned early in life in order to get on with life. Votes: 0

Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day. Votes: 0

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it. Votes: 0

I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write. Votes: 0

After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep once and a while. Votes: 0

I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill. Votes: 0

It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political. Votes: 0

I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore. Votes: 0

I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs. Votes: 0

There is no definitive guidebook on how to pick the right partner, and even if there were, I'm way too dumb to write it. Votes: 0

I am glad I worked on a newspaper because it made me know I had to write whether I felt like it or not. Votes: 0

I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road. Votes: 0

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page. Votes: 0

I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on. Votes: 0

If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn't hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn't write about it. Votes: 0

You should just write the movie based on people you actually know and then just see who wants to play it. Cast the net. Votes: 0

Part of my mind is working on how to end the thing while I'm going on. You need at least two brains to write. Votes: 0

For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on. Votes: 0

I put my filter on, though, and I only see things people I follow [on Twitter] write now. So, I don't even know anymore [ trolls]. Votes: 0

I wake up sometimes with an idea and then I write it down. It's not necessarily easy, but when you focus on something it comes. Votes: 0

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can. Votes: 0

Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can't possibly write a line you do it anyhow. Votes: 0

The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he was a typist. Votes: 0

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks. Votes: 0

Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future. Votes: 0

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them. Votes: 0

I write in my sleep. I don't know how, but I'll work on a song, go to sleep and it's finished when I wake up. Votes: 0

When you go on tour and see everyone, you're like, "Oh my god. This is actually real life." That inspires me to write more songs. Votes: 0

When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves. Votes: 0

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. Shes truthful and real and raw. Votes: 0

Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness? Votes: 0

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away. Votes: 0

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, she's inspiring. She's truthful and real and raw. Votes: 0

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. Votes: 0

I would write about issues and people I met along the way, but not about the process and the life of being on the road. Votes: 0

I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me. Votes: 0

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs. Votes: 0

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself. Votes: 0

Stop it now and take control. Write this on a card and pin it up where you can see it... MY THOUGHTS CONTROL MY LIFE! Votes: 0

I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school. Votes: 0

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it. Votes: 0

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page. Votes: 0

When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love. Votes: 0

Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down. Votes: 0

I really like to write, so I can just relax and think about things and realize things and then try to express it on my computer. Votes: 0

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs. Votes: 0

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite. Votes: 0

There is a part of me that has to depend on fantasy, because if you can't be somewhat of a fantasy person, then you can't write Votes: 0

All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. It's not a tough job. I haven't misspelled one name yet. Votes: 0

I do not wanna write a song like 'Coathanger' so Andrew Breitbart can rage against me on his web site. It's not my idea of fun. Votes: 0

If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year. Votes: 0

I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can't do that on a computer. Votes: 0

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all. Votes: 0

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right. Votes: 0

I'm not really gangsta. Not at all. I just write about them. It's fun to pretend, at least on paper. But in real life, not so much. Votes: 0

I like to knuckle down and get on with my job. I'll make mistakes, I'm bound to, but I'll write them down and I'll learn from them. 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 don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot. Votes: 0

I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbroken, so there's no one I want revenge on. Votes: 0

Write a page every single day, even if what you put on the page that day is no good - it's the only way to get better. Votes: 0

Looking back on all the things I went through to get here. It was all worth it. It's a blessing that I can write about it all. Votes: 0

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living. Votes: 0

I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and then went on to his fiction. 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

My dear Isa, I now sit down on my botom to answer all your kind and beloved letters which you was so good as to write to me. Votes: 0

I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband. Votes: 0

I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen. Votes: 0

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet. Votes: 0

All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.' Votes: 0

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances. Votes: 0

If I am unhappy, I can write "damn it" in my personal diary, but I can't do that on a microblog so I might as well not start one. Votes: 0

I write the word solitude on my wall and then below it: Do you know me at all? Are my words just air? Is my heart easy to spare? Votes: 0

You write some material, go up on stage and try it out; go back home and throw it in the trash can. And the next day do it again. Votes: 0

I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me. Votes: 0

I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story. Votes: 0