#writer

I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. ↗

#i think #irritation #lead #life #people

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#compose #composition #down #every #every time

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#goal #got #high #high school #i

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

#anything #essential #experience #first #matter

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#blues #book #country #get #i

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#facts #good #hard #hard life #i

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter. ↗

— Luke Ford

#during #high #high school #i #school

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave. ↗

— Brad Thor

#i #mind #misbehave #really #someone

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#amazed #beginning #bland #days #everything

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. ↗