W Quotes
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“When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.”
Source: Satyajit Ray: Interviews
“When I write an story, I start with one true thing
– a memory, an image, a sensation – then I try
to say one more true thing, then another, and
another. By the time I reach the end – hopefully
– I've told the truth all the way through. It's
harder than it sounds, harder than it ought to
be. But still worth trying.”
“When I write and produce something, I know exactly how I want it to sound, and I have a very strong interpretation of it. I can't really think of anyone at the moment I'd particularly like to play a duet with. You never know, though, I might receive an offer tomorrow and say, "Yeah, that'd be great." But it's not something that's on my mind.”
“When I write characters, I need to hear their voice. As soon as I get them speaking, and I feel how they use language, I understand who they are and what they want.”
“When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.”
“When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.”
“When I write for myself, I just get to be myself.”
“When I write for teens, I feel I can cut through everything and get to the bare bones. I can get straight into the emotional world of the character.”
“When I write...
I am in the fond arms
of a childhood friend
upon whose colorful heart I can hang
the charcoal drawings
of my woes.”
Source: A touch, a tear, a tempest
“When I write I am the real me.”
Source: Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley
“When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination: once you have removed all the dead language, the second-hand dogma, the truths that are not your own but other people's, the mottos, the slogans, the out-and-out lies of your nation, the myths of your historical moment - once you have removed all that warps experience into a shape you do not recognise and do not believe in - what you are left with is something approximating the truth of your own conception.”
“When I write, I can be hear. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.”
“When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.”
Source: The diary of a young girl
“When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.”
“When I write, I dive into the cool and luscious waters of life, flowing with gifts and talents, satisfaction and service, passion and devotion.”
Source: Wildhearted Purpose: Embrace Your Unique Calling & the Unmapped Path of Authenticity
“When I write, I do not like using ten dollar words. I like the fifty-centers. Everybody has fifty-cents, even those that are too proud to admit it.”
“When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that occurs in life should be omitted from art, though the artist should present it in a fashion that is artistic and not ugly. I set out to tell the truth. And sometimes the truth is shocking.”
“When I write, I escape into another realm.”
“When I write, I feel no shame.”
“When I write I find a quiet place.”
“When I write I get to the point where I slow down and I gotta go back into the world and live nahmean.”
“When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.”
“When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.”
“When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need.”
“When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.”
“When i write, i'm capable of having a girl of my dreams. She may not be perfect, but she's mine. And i'm her role model for God.”
“When I write, I pay myself a solemn visit.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.”
“When I write, I see the character inside out, not outside in.”
“When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.”
“When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend.”
“When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.”
“When I write, I write from the heart… and it’s rarely from creative expression; it’s mostly from my raw experience. So to always see people sharing those experiences with me by quoting or referencing my words gives me a sense of humbling gratitude.”
“When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.”
“When I write I'll sometimes say things which are somewhat controversial - not because I'm seeking out controversy for its own sake, but if I don't have anything to say which is different, why am I bothering to write stuff down in the first place?”
“When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.”
“When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.”
“When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.”
“When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.”
“When I write, it isn’t courage I feel. It is terror. But I choose it anyway. I choose to give the trembling a shape. To let it speak, even if my voice falters. And maybe that is all bravery truly is... the choice to move forward, even as one’s hands shake.”
Source: The Strange Mercy of Listening
“When I write it's almost like a movie unfolding inside my head”
“When I write, it's everything that we don't know we can be that is written out of me, without exclusions, without stipulation, and everything we will be calls us to the unflagging, intoxicating, unappeasable search for love. In one another we will never be lacking.”
Source: The Laugh of the Medusa
“When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.”
“When I write lyrics, I really do go into an automatic folk appropriation mode... I see the vernacular register of 20th century song as being a bunch of forms to adapt and reconfigure.”
“When I write music it's hard for me to keep it going repetitively.”
“When I write my annual tax column, some ex-IRS agent will complain, "There you go IRS bashing again." They're always saying that they're just doing their job. Someone I know once said, "You could get another job."”
“When I write my book, Ill tell the real story of Cheryl”
“When I write my books, actually I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.”
“When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual.”
“When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story is sort of discovered as I write it.”