If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. Use this quote
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. Use this quote
We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. Use this quote
It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies. Use this quote
You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican. Use this quote
I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up. Use this quote
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. Use this quote
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything. Use this quote
Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours. Use this quote
I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock. Use this quote
You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel. Use this quote
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. Use this quote
I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood. Use this quote
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience. Use this quote
I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. Use this quote
Our life is made by the death of others. Use this quote
Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. Use this quote
I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing. Use this quote
Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't all of a sudden make us best selling authors. Use this quote
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out. Use this quote