I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.
Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class.
I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.
I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics.
When they write my epitaph, it's going to say, 'Innate Immunotherapeutics, saving millions of lives.' It's not going to be 'member of Congress.'
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad.
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
I have to have something that really excites me in order to write about it.
I write music with an exclamation point!
It is extremely important to me to write for children.
I write everything. It's my favorite part of what I do. And lyrics are my favorite thing.
My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.
I suppose I write music for people, not for the filing cabinet or the museum.