Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing. Votes: 3
Roddy DoyleI think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time. Votes: 3
Adam DuritzAs a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college. Votes: 3
Damien ChazelleSchools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. Votes: 3
Roddy DoyleI wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs. Votes: 3
Billy SherwoodYou don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu. Votes: 3
Karen RussellA songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. Votes: 3
Bryan AdamsI feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape. Votes: 2
Ed WestwickI like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction. Votes: 2
Joe HaldemanWell, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible. Votes: 2
Fisher StevensI'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience. Votes: 0
Leon BridgesSure, it's simple, writing for kids... Just as simple as bringing them up. Votes: 0
Ursula K. Le GuinSometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire. Votes: 0
Gillian MarchenkoI was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun. Votes: 0
Takudzwa Victoria Rosa MaidzaMy song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments. Votes: 0
Natalia KillsAdvice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. Votes: 0
Stanislaw Jerzy LecI just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television. Votes: 0
Donal LogueSometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows. Votes: 0
Roman CoppolaI believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. Votes: 0
Ivan ReitmanMy intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened. Votes: 0
Jeff BaenaBlending is just like writing lyrics or finishing up the song, rearranging and arranging. Votes: 0
Maynard James KeenanActing is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing. Votes: 0
Heather DonahueIt's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write. Votes: 0
Kris AllenThere's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV. Votes: 0
Vera FarmigaThe writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes. Votes: 0
Randy OwenWriting is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process. Votes: 0
Isabel AllendeI just want to start writing, whether or not any of it is useable or marketable. Votes: 0
Lisa KudrowIf writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. Votes: 0
V. S. NaipaulWriting means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it. Votes: 0
Veronica RothJust as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways. Votes: 0
Nick SymmondsWriting is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living. Votes: 0
Melissa MarrIt's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much. Votes: 0
John HiattWe're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? Votes: 0
Walter MatthauI'd like to do something meaningful in the smallest ways, not just words or idiotic writing. Votes: 0
Xavier DolanThere's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiIt's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written. Votes: 0
Robert HassJust write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control. Votes: 0
Roger EbertJust because suddenly you have a sabbatical doesn't mean that the writing occasion comes to you. Votes: 0
Shirley Geok-lin LimSongwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough. Votes: 0
David BowieKids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that. Votes: 0
R. L. StineI'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal. Votes: 0
Billy JoelPeople seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time. Votes: 0
Stephen KingThe Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Votes: 0
Nic PizzolattoThe Atlantic' really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Votes: 0
Nic PizzolattoWhen I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story. Votes: 0
Lynn FlewellingWriting is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position. Votes: 0
Alan MooreChoosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person. Votes: 0
Justin CroninWriting wasn't easy and wasn't fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed. Votes: 0
William ZinsserAnd you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. Votes: 0
Billie Joe Armstrong[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. Votes: 0
Philip Seymour HoffmanWe don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers Votes: 0
Dustin DiamondOne of my biggest goals, especially with writing YA novels, is just to have people enjoy reading. Votes: 0
Lauren ConradOn the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. Votes: 0
Alan MooreNormally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising. Votes: 0
St. LuciaDon't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. Votes: 0
Michael MorpurgoYou know what you are best at, and writing is just not my thing, but I like it. Votes: 0
Sara GilbertWriting a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it. Votes: 0
Laverne CoxI don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. Votes: 0
Taylor SwiftMy mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. Votes: 0
Joan ArmatradingI really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off. Votes: 0
Denis JohnsonWriting is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do. Votes: 0
Allison SilvermanMy writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process. Votes: 0
Hubert Selby, Jr.Writing is like talking to yourself, just in a way that makes it look like you're not crazy! Votes: 0
Mary KateThat's one of the nice things about writing, or any art; if the thing's real, it just lives. Votes: 0
Woody AllenThe thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality. Votes: 0
Jennifer AnistonWith writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out. Votes: 0
Adora SvitakWriting is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical. Votes: 0
Derrick JensenAfter three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life. Votes: 0
Andy CohenMy history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books. Votes: 0
Tony JudtWriting has become such an outlet for me that when I don't have it, I just get pent up. Votes: 0
Emm GrynerI love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest. Votes: 0
Kate GrenvilleI throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal. Votes: 0
Dan DeaconIt's four in the morning, the end of december I'm writing you now just to see if you're better. Votes: 0
Leonard CohenI just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting. Votes: 0
Saul KripkeYou never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing. Votes: 0
Gene WolfeIn truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingI treat both acting and writing as a creation - writing is just another element or aspect of it. Votes: 0
Meital DohanIt's not like I'm not writing great music anymore, it's just that I want to take it another level. Votes: 0
DrakeTo be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream. Votes: 0
Charli XCXI want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation. Votes: 0
R. KellyWriting a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. Votes: 0
Michael ArndtIf you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it. Votes: 0
Ewan McGregorI don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story. Votes: 0
Willa CatherIf I don't see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It's very visual. Votes: 0
Melanie MartinezFor me, just showing up for the traveling and writing gave me the power to overcome my fear of fear. Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéMy writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it. Votes: 0
Jim LehrerWriting is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop. Votes: 0
Red SmithJust do it. Now. Votes: 3 M. Yeats