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A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

— Fiona Apple

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I write emotional music. ↗

— Les Baxter

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What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I'm a pop singer for Christ's sake. As a person, I'm fairly uncomplicated. ↗

— David Bowie

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I never listen to music when I write. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

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No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences. ↗

— Aaron Carter

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I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever. ↗