Alanis Morissette Quotes, Song Quotes, Writing Quotes

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

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In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws.

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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual

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I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives.

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If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

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After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper.

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When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.

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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

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I couldn't write a song to save my life. I wouldn't say that I started to panic, but I was definitely getting frustrated. I couldn't even cross a t or dot an i.

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Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.

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I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.

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To know whom to write for is to know how to write.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

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The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.

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Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can't turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on I quit trying to work and go out and see something of life. You can't write a story that's got any life in it by sitting at a writing table and thinking. You've got to get out into the streets, into the crowds, talk with people, and feel the rush and throb of real life-that's the stimulant for a story writer.

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The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

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Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.

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The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.

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