#writ

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely. ↗

— John le Carre

#away #both #community #his #i

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#actual #hour #i #letter #minutes

I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they were 2, and they have no one to hold accountable. And unfortunately, I don't have that. I have parents who I care about what they think. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#accident #accountable #car #car accident #care

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing. ↗

— Rosanne Cash

#i #impossible #me #really #sing

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief. ↗

— Nick Cave

#any #belief #believe #believer #belong

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things. ↗

— Nick Cave

#change #couple #eventually #few #find

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. ↗

— Nick Cave

#art #beautiful #compliment #exchange #greatest

If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#clearly #cover #else #i #like

I always wanted to be a writer. ↗

— Jung Chang

#i #i always #wanted #writer

With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#fee #get #getting #going #hotel