#writing

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.' ↗

— Adele

#always #artists #away #because #being

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#earn #ever #first #living #spouse

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#i #interest #involved #life #my life

I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#been #city #day #doing #else

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#call #carried #discipline #i #i see

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#combination #different #different people #each #how

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there. ↗

— Rosanna Arquette

#anymore #cobain #great #his #kid

I like writing a joke, and I like when a joke works, and I like other comics who tell jokes. ↗

— Dave Attell

#i #joke #jokes #like #other

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#art #culture #earn #fact #his

At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#asking #asking questions #call #comes #creating