I can write a book in probably three months.
It is my entire visual art practice: I eat, sleep, think, write about and do drawing.
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.
I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.
If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.
My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.
Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.
Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to persuade, others can persuade without being able to reason; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness, and others soar so high that they give us no light; and some, in a vain attempt to be cutting and dry, give us only that which is cut and dried. We should labor, therefore, to treat with ease of things that are difficult; with familiarity, of things that are novel; and with perspicuity, of things that are profound.
You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing.
The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.
When you can bring yourself to write about it one day, you will find it all less painful. It is a catharsis of sorts, but the process can be brutal. Don’t do it until you’re ready.
There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell.
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.
It's odd but even when I was a kid, I would write about 'old and other times' as though I had a lot of years behind me. Now I do, so there is a difference in the weight of memory.
I write my lyrics the day I sing the song, so even when I have the basic things, I'm thinking what can I change, what can I add, how many harmonies can I do.
You have to stop living in order to write.
Trust your imagination. Don't be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.
I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.