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We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
C. Day Lewis
Write
Understand
Understood
Order
Sometimes you have a poem that you really want to write and it never happens.
C. K. Williams
You
Sometimes
Poem
Write
Never
Want
Happens
Really
When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
C. K. Williams
Love
You
Writing
Language
Incredibly
Addictive
Pleasurable
Something
Poems
Poetry
Write
Because
Makes
Begin
Happens
There is always a possibility that you could lose, because the outcome isn't written yet: you have to go out and write it. If you want it bad enough, if you do the training and prepare yourself to succeed, and do everything in your power to win, you'll have a better chance of succeeding.
Cain Velasquez
You
Yourself
Training
Win
Better
Power
Lose
Enough
Everything
Possibility
Out
Bad
Outcome
Better Chance
Could
Write
Written
Because
Always
Go
Want
Succeed
Succeeding
Your
Prepare
Chance
Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
Caitlin Moran
Health
You
Mental Health
Seen
Worthy
About
Mental
Something
Write
Massive
Read
Dull
Should
Drag
'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
Caitlin Rose
Man
Song
Old
Three
Somewhere
Singing
Few
State
Some
Composite
More
Laying
Inspired
Write
Instantly
Individuals
Altered
Gorilla
Least
His
Verses
Itself
James
James Taylor
Notebook
Taylor
Fun
Chorus
Floor
Actually
Started
Album
I've tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and trusting the people around us.
Calum Scott
People
Fear
Our
Way
Tried
Sexuality
About
More
Write
Beyond
Around
Go
Trusting
Just
Transcends
Us
Letting
Letting Go
You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'
Calvin Trillin
You
People
Sunday
Monday
Every
Think
Nights
Way
Say
Out
People Say
About
Poems
Week
Write
Know
Well
Sort
How
Turn
Used
Shower
Works
When I knew I wanted to write a novel that would be a twist on a conventional romantic comedy, I re-watched 'When Harry Met Sally,' as well as the other two films in the indomitable Ephron trifecta - 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'You've Got Mail.'
Camille Perri
You
Comedy
Met
Films
Other
Sleepless
Harry
Would
Would-Be
Write
Mail
Knew
Indomitable
Well
Got
Sally
Romantic
Wanted
Conventional
Romantic Comedy
Novel
Seattle
Twist
Two
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
Candace Bushnell
Sometimes
Think
Poetry
Write
Know
Because
Always
Wanted
Really
Should
Helpful
Novels
I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
Candace Bushnell
Writing
Out
About
Write
Soon
New
Arrived
York
Send
Short
New York
Stories
Short Stories
Them
Used
Started
I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories that I would do were precursors to 'Sex and the City.'
Candace Bushnell
Sex
Month
Sex And The City
Would
City
About
Through
Write
Were
Did
Fiction
Wanted
Stories
Story
Twenties
There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys who write romantic fiction, and I know of at least one who writes young adult books.
Candace Camp
Legal
Young
Other
Books
Several
At Least One
Only
Thrillers
Lawyers
Write
Adult
Writes
Attorneys
Know
Also
Least
Authors
Young Adult
Fiction
Romantic
Who
I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
Cara Delevingne
Love
Sports
World
Just Be
Extreme
Extreme Sports
Kinds
Able
About
Properly
Write
Take
Adventurer
Pictures
Also
Cultures
Just
Different
Want
Different Cultures
Explore
Explorer
I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that satisfies me. So there's not just this one ambition to become an American movie star. Because I will never become an American movie star.
Carice van Houten
Me
Will
Become
Ambition
More
Write
Never
Singer
Because
American
Just
Movie
Movie Star
American Movie
Produce
Much
Working
Star
Satisfies
Second
Album
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
Carine Roitfeld
Me
Speak
Bit
Russian
Write
Read
Learned
Yes
Grandmother
Who
Raised
Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Write
Yes
Hard
Harder
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
Carl Hiaasen
Family
You
Satire
Other
Pleasure
Guilty
Guilty Pleasure
About
Write
Days
Material
Hand
Just
Depressing
Much
I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
Carl Hiaasen
Books
Kid
Write
Since
Always
Wanted
Ever
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
Carl Hiaasen
Good
Book
People
First
Back
Write
Outstanding
Piece
Test
Dialogue
Lots
Just
Middle
Sustain
Litmus
Litmus Test
Then
Page
Flip
Description
Start
Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
Carl Hiaasen
Good
Job
Drop
Think
Changes
Books
Out
Characters
Joe
Detective
Guy
Cast
Write
Main
Had
Wrong
Well
Sure
Always
Same
Maybe
Gal
Them
If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can't be wrong. Don't lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.
Carl Reiner
Love
You
Lie
Hate
World
Enemies
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
About
Similar
Write
Wrong
Friends
Very
Love You
Anything
Who
Anybody who tells a very big lie is paid attention to. If you say, 'Shakespeare could not write. He was illiterate,' everybody says, 'Well, what do you know that we don't?' That's what Trump does all the time.
Carl Reiner
Time
You
Lie
Big
Everybody
Say
Says
Tells
Shakespeare
Could
Write
He
Attention
Do You Know
Know
Well
Does
Trump
Very
Anybody
Paid
Who
Illiterate
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Carl Sandburg
Man
Woman
Birth
Give
Poem
Write
Like
Commanding
Child
Ordering
Pregnant
Pregnant Woman
I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
Carlene Carter
Great
Book
Write
Great Stories
Am
Going
Stories
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
Carlisle Floyd
Music
Unless
Out
Would
Would-Be
Folk
Write
Never
Know
Obvious
References
American
American Music
Appalachian
Set
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