#i write

I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees. ↗

— Bruce Vilanch

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I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.' ↗

— Lee Child

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When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. ↗

— John Updike

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I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#because #could #critics #else #hurt

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#american #american dream #dream #fans #getting

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

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I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

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

— Evan Dando

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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've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#been #blessed #comes #cursed #either