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I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and listen. — Antonio Damasio

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes

When you write or sing a song that means something to you, you are saying, 'You know what? This is who I am!' — Miley Cyrus

What you listen in heart, are echoes of the past.
What you write today, will be echoed in the future. — Toba Beta

You usually dont know what you are going to write about so you go to the places and talk to the people who were identified with the events. — Leon Uris

What you write becomes who you are ... So make sure you love what you write! — J.K. Rowling

My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail? — John Hiatt

What are you thinking about?"
"Whether they'll write my life story as a tragedy or an epic fantasy. — Maggie Stiefvater

I am telling you what I know - words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them. — E.L. Doctorow

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on. — Buddy Ebsen

You are what you write. — Helvy Tiana Rosa

I do write all the time about - you tell me what your dreams are. What are you chasing? It's not impossible. Name it. — Diana Nyad

You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about. — Irving Berlin

No matter who you are, or what side of the tracks society thinks you are from, if you wake up wanting to write, then do what you must to write. — Lydia Rodriguez-Clement

Then draw near to nature. Pretend you are the very first man and then write what you see and experience, what you love and lose. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Always stay true to yourself. Write with how you feel and are most comfortable with, not what the trends dictate. — M.T. Magee

You can't write novels without a touch of paranoia. I'm paranoid as an act of good citizenship, concerned about what the powerful people are up to. — Kurt Vonnegut

If you are at the mercy of what they call print interviews and the mercy of people who write about you, they can always tell lies. — Gore Vidal

To write what you think is to think what you write. Leave those of hollow to their dust. They are but sorry things. — D.A. Botta

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you. — Richard Paul Evans

To write truthfully you must live, and you must feel what you are living. — Arturo Barea

When you know who you are as an artist and you have your own identity and got it figured out it helps you know what to write about. — Keifer Thompson

How you feel after watching something indicates not what you watched but where you are at. — A.D. Posey

There are significant moments in everyone's day that can make literature. That's what you ought to write about. — Raymond Carver

That's your problem! No list. We are going to fix that now. Make a list of what is important to you. Write down everything that really matters to you. — Larry Winget

I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it. — Judd Apatow

Write what you would love to read. Finish what you begin to write. Your voice is uniquely yours and we are all waiting to hear it. — Jody Lynn Nye

Oh, you know what bloggers are like, they write and write and write. I don't know why, because they're not being paid. — Jon Ronson

Write for who you are, that which dwells deep inside you, not for what others would have you be... — J. Michael Storm

When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it. — Martha Grimes

Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming. — Steve Martin

Oracle, why did you write The Grasshopper Lies Heavy? What are we supposed to learn? — Philip K. Dick

When you write, everything is possible, even the very opposite of what you are. — Silvina Ocampo

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average. — Derek Walcott

There are two ways to write a werewolf novel - you can examine the genre conventions, or you can say, 'What would it be like if I were a werewolf?' — Glen Duncan

I think it can be fun to write about relationships just because so many people can relate to what you are feeling. — Bridgit Mendler

Don't write what you know. Write who you are. Write your heart and soul. Write what you dream of when you look to the stars. — Luke Taylor

I want you to write yourself into history because no matter what history books say, even you are a part of it. — Nnedi Okorafor

What are you going to do?
"Can't say - run for president, write -"
"Greenwich Village?"
"Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop! — Jane Smiley

Write it, damn you, write it! What else are you good for? — James Joyce

Study with purpose, both in church and in school. Write down your goals and what you plan to do to achieve them. Aim high, for you are capable ... — Thomas S. Monson

Your writings and head are disordered and mixed up, so that it is exceedingly annoying to read and difficult to remember what you write. — Martin Luther

The least amount of info actors get, the better. Actors are always like, 'What is my motivation for this?' You didn't write it. Just say the lines. — Steve Howey

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it. — George Henry Lewes

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books. — Arthur Ransome

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. — Jean M. Auel

Write what you feel like writing at first without worrying about how it sounds. That's what second drafts are for. Enjoy the first one! — B.A. Gabrielle

How you feel after reading something indicates not what you've read but where you are at. — A.D. Posey

Being a journalist, you write what you see. If we can't do that, what use are we? I turned years of training on myself. — Katie Hafner

I write what you are really thinking — Shawnta' C. Richard