#writing

On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#attitude #concentrating #everything #fair #fastest

I want to get off with the screenwriting. ↗

— Obie Trice

#i #off #screenwriting #want

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#complaints #enormous #had #haven #i

Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing. ↗

— Karen Hughes

#completely #earn #i #i am #independent

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice. ↗

— James Iha

#feel #heavy #huge #i #i write

The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#fiction #writing #beauty

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself. ↗

— John Mortimer

#bore #found #i #only #rule

After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time; I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#around #dissatisfied #doom #gave #i

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading. ↗

— Kate Mosse

#decide #i #next #reading #usually

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#back #come #done #ever #extraordinary