#i write

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom. ↗

— Jay Dratler

#goose #i #i write #pen #quill

I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#everything #finished #get #going #haven

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade. ↗

— Perry Farrell

#contemporary #house #i #i write #jane

So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#characters #friends #hear #i #i write

Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#best #both #connecticut #country #going

I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept. ↗

— James M. Cain

#concept #i #i write #reason #some

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#i write #legal #pads #write #yellow

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it. ↗

— John Cleese

#i #i can #i write #only #role

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#because #billion #cast #down #enough

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#i write #paid #pay #want #wanted