#write

I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#being #career #cent #early #earn

I got so anxious sitting in the make-up chair for hours with my face covered. I had my doctor write a prescription for valium. I couldn't have done it without the pill. ↗

— Kim Hunter

#chair #covered #doctor #done #face

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment. ↗

— P. D. James

#even #every #experiment #god #off

I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my work, because readers are the highest form of life on this planet. ↗

— Guy Johnson

#enjoy #enjoy reading #form #highest #highest form

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it. ↗

— Norton Juster

#best #day #half #i #i can

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town. ↗

— Faith Hill

#best #family #fantastic #great #greatest

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#arenas #became #because #clubs #concerts

The epiphany for me was that I wasn't a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#had #i #me #posters #put

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is. ↗

— Eric Idle

#charge #commune #decide #i #i think

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#censorship #cervantes #don quixote #good #had