Writing Quotes

Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He’s in the game, and he’s been in the game – he has longevity, even if he doesn’t write or writes his music.

I was totally alive when I wrote this because by coincidence someone just said your name.

If I write a book where all I’ve ever experienced is success, people won’t take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.

When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

Things written remain.

Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page.

I’ve been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.