Writing Quotes
I don’t think gay guys are in touch with how many fabulous divas we have that actually play their own instruments and write their own music, too.
Trixie MattelTrixie Mattel She said fuck this and became her own muse.
Hadley AllisonHadley Allison If you want to honor me, give some young boy or girl who’s coming along trying to create arts and write and compose and sing and act and paint and dance and make something out of the beauties of the Negro race-give that child some help.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Nothing’s harder than writing. There’s no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There’s tremendous support – you’ve got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it’s all you, and it’s just crippling when people tear up your pages.
Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written; if opened in the sunshine, it is apt to look exceedingly like a volume of blank pages.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KehlaniKehlani If you have written really well, people will swear that it happened to you.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn I’ve been writing since I was maybe seven.
Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.
Kazuo IshiguroKazuo Ishiguro Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
Shawn MendesShawn Mendes If nothing else you have inspired me to write beautiful poetry if nothing else I bring words to the table with me.
Allie MillerAllie Miller We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker It’s easy to just write about love, because everyone can relate, but I like variety.
Kali UchisKali Uchis