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I'm comfortable having a specific audience to write to.I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial. ↗

— Dave Sim

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It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another. ↗

— Dan Simmons

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One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside. ↗

— Carly Simon

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Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music. ↗

— Carly Simon

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What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it. ↗

— David Simon

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Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. ↗

— Neil Simon

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You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. ↗

— Paul Simon

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Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that. ↗

— Paul Simon

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I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't. ↗

— Paul Simon

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Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out. ↗

— Paul Simon

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