#writing

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. ↗

— Graham Nash

#everything #generally #happens #influenced #living

I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#i #interested #listen #me #music

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#being #i #interested #one thing #really

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#i #just #much #myself #probably

I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#book #full-time #gig #i #i love

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#been #cathartic #freeing #incredibly #me

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation. ↗

— James A. Michener

#concern #crucial #does #else #except

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself. ↗

— James A. Michener

#army #done #her #herself #i

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week. ↗

— Bette Midler

#book #country #five #haul #horse