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I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#defies #different #different way #going #had

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#become #character #first-person #i #like

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#fiction #get #i #i think #i write

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.' ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#back #down #drawn #falling #falling in love

I'd love to write for other people. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#love #other #people #write

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#bit #embellish #experience #i #i do

I started writing songs at 17. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#songs #started #writing

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? ↗

— Philip Larkin

#i #i think #most #people #popularity

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic. ↗

— Brian Molko

#cathartic #honest #writing

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long. ↗

— Sloan Wilson

#grow #long #man #must #read