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I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private.

Amy Tan

Art

First

Writing

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.

I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance.

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!

I like going back and writing fiction.

Julia Sweeney

Fiction

Writing

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.

Sarah Sutton

Writing

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

Writing, yeah. Me and my friend Scott Bloom just finished the first rough draft of a script. It's taken us three years to do, but we finally got a first draft. And we'll see whatever happens with that.

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.

Andy Summers

Writing

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

Andy Summers

Guitar