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The Writing Life Quotes: "We write to taste life twice," Anais Nin wrote, "in the moment and in retrospection."

We write to taste life twice," Anais Nin wrote, "in the moment and in retrospection.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person."

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.




The Writing Life Quotes: "I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving."

I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply."

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.




The Writing Life Quotes: "The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life to reading and writing."

The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life to reading and writing.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process."

Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Writing only leads to more writing."

Writing only leads to more writing.




The Writing Life Quotes: "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed."

Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed.



The Writing Life Quotes: "One has to live a life that creates a writer."

One has to live a life that creates a writer.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd - one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like - one writes novels about it."

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd - one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like - one writes novels about it.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy."

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration."

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.




The Writing Life Quotes: "Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do."

Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do.



The Writing Life Quotes: "If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing."

If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life."

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday."

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The historian records, but the novelist creates."

The historian records, but the novelist creates.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another."

Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent."

Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent.



The Writing Life Quotes: "That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go."

That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.



The Writing Life Quotes: "If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life."

If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off."

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.



The Writing Life Quotes: "All through my writing life I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works."

All through my writing life I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again."

I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.



The Writing Life Quotes: "By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone's life."

By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone's life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The writer's life seethes within but not without."

The writer's life seethes within but not without.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life."

Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two."

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.



The Writing Life Quotes: "That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version."

That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer."

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears."

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them."

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.



The Writing Life Quotes: "What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after."

What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after.



The Writing Life Quotes: "You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter."

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.



The Writing Life Quotes: "An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details."

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously."

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff."

Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy."

Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up his mind what to do in life"

Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up his mind what to do in life



The Writing Life Quotes: "To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it."

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story."

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.



The Writing Life Quotes: "It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written."

It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written.



The Writing Life Quotes: "No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it"

No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it



The Writing Life Quotes: "All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories."

All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about."

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I am part of everyone I ever dated on OK Cupid."

I am part of everyone I ever dated on OK Cupid.




The Writing Life Quotes: "And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right."

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.