I knew that what I did visually could not be completely understood. I knew that certain aspects of the work need a long time to develop. You get the ….

I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or t….

Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I think she's dating for creativity. So let….

We are all part of one another..

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them..

Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling something….

Writing is not a profession, it's an addiction..

I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the audience reaction." I'm like,….

I love to be challenged because I'm wrong a lot of the times..

There are Harvard grads, free thinkers, feminists, abolitionists, well-to-do people who want to go write poetry and live on a farm and cook and laugh….

I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing. You're editing each othe….

I think it's good for the fans, as well, because they get to connect with you directly. You know, in the old days, if I wanted to, like, write to (St….

I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writ….

The writing of You've Got a Friend was one of the most incredible experiences because it was mostly inspiration. It just came to me almost as we hear….

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?".

There's always a source for humor [in politics]. If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. So it ….

I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for f….

The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The ….

You have a huge number of people who spend their time writing papers which show that migrants pay more to the country than they take out in benefits,….

When I left university I was sure that I was going to be a painter. Then I had a crisis, a revelation. I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, ….

If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's….