#rite

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.' ↗

— Adele

#always #artists #away #because #being

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at. ↗

— Kate Adie

#book #i #left #period #specifically

To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science. ↗

— Hannes Alfven

#grand #ignorance #increasingly #knowledge #larger

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#always #characters #column #core #find

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? ↗

— Karen Allen

#contribution #even #feeling #find #going

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it! ↗

— Isabel Allende

#circumstances #confusion #demons #i #i love

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#absolute #against #characters #enough #i

I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. ↗

— Jeff Ament

#everything #i #just #room #said

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer. ↗

— Tori Amos

#carved #i #myself #out #really

My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' ↗

— Tori Amos

#loud #saying #too #turn #up