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I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

A word after a word after a word is power.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

I'm really annoyed by the wave of country music that's just a list of stuff. It almost sounds like L.A. people writing country music, because it's just a list of stuff: 'My pickup truck and my cowboy boots and my Levi's jeans and my girlfriend with the short shorts.' It's so boring!

I'm totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes her own music. Some of the themes she writes about are stuff I wish was there for me when I was in high school, and I'm so happy she really cares about her female fans. She's not catering to a male audience and is writing music for other girls.

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.