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I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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I write out of my intellectual experience. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work. ↗

— Gay Talese

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Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for. ↗

— Harold Budd

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I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time. ↗

— Jim Varney

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