#write

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#come #differ #dread #during #gods

I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#bore #changes #else #every #every time

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#consider #flailing #i #myself #writer

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#anything #become #decided #else #i

I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#capable #create #did #earth #either

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#command #editing #editor #even #first

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#am #going #having #i #i am

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. ↗

— Jon Anderson

#great #great moments #i #i think #life

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words. ↗

— Keren Ann

#exact #inspired #into #mood #more

I don't call myself a writer. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

#i #myself #writer