#i write

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#admit #because #cease #compels #i

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #even #feel #fiction #functioning

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later. ↗

— Evan Dando

#come #first #i #i write #later

I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different. ↗

— Mos Def

#control #different #experience #hip-hop #how

I don't know why I write what I write. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#i write #know #why #write

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. ↗

— Alex O'Loughlin

#because #certainly #enjoy #enough #good

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it. ↗

— Katy Perry

#appreciate #boring #cool #different #different sides

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#about #any #away #create #crisis

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi! ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#cent #fiction #good #grow #grow up

I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do. ↗

— Richard Price

#arts #because #choice #does #feel