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I don't sit down to write a country song. I don't sit down to write a rap song. I just sit down to write a song, you know what I mean? And I try to make that song the best it can be.
Brantley Gilbert
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I could never sit down and write jokes.


Louis C. K.
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I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down.


Ruth Rendell
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I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.


Flannery O'Connor
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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
E. L. Doctorow
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When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!
Isaac Brock
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And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.


Jonathan Brandis
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.


Jeannette Walls
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I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive.


Norma McCorvey
There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.
Glen Hansard
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I don't sit down to write a number one hit. I'm not that good at my job - I don't know how to do that.
Brantley Gilbert
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
Zoe Kazan
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Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
Trent Reznor
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You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.
Anne Perry
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My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.
Cynthia Voigt
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I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.
Sondre Lerche
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I try to work in the mornings. Usually, I write in my pajamas and slowly assemble myself. I don't get organized and sit down and get dressed. I do the laundry. I drift in and out of writing.
Sue Miller
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Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it.
Paul Westerberg
I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit down and do things, he wants to be there with me and play the guitar.
Sturgill Simpson
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My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to my brain.
Tracy Chevalier
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