I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so joyous and playful that I almost can't help putting the words down.
Nalo Hopkinson
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JONI MITCHELL I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathe... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the fir... FRANK GEHRY I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else. T. C. BOYLE TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constant... MELISSA ROSENBERG I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I... ROB SHEFFIELD I'm not the best person at putting words together. I can't give you the melody. But I might ... MEEK MILL This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because... COLIN KAEPERNICK The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are use... KID CUDI I know what I'm like when I don't have a project coming up, and that's the mode I'm ... ALLISON WILLIAMS My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and c... BROCK LESNAR It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I... EVAN RACHEL WOOD I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachme... ANNE LAMOTT There's nothing wrong with the screaming style of singing, and I'll be the first to admit th... COREY TAYLOR I don't know if I'm so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about co... DEAN KARNAZES My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on pap... TAWNI O'DELL I don't have a permanent place where I live. I'm in Atlanta about six or seven months out of... BROOKE ELLIOTT People are getting away from the whole album experience, it's true. I think that's sad. Mayb... ALEX LIFESON I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to ... BRIAN SELZNICK I'm coming up with new music, I'm in the best shape of my life, I'm real sharp, my energ... DOUG E. FRESH When a series is doing well, it's very tempting to keep writing it, even when the creative well ... KELLEY ARMSTRONG Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. I don't mean my subject matter.... TOM STOPPARD I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can'... JOANNA SCOTT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ... JACK WHITEHALL While I'm here, I'm gonna milk it for all I can, so when I'm no longer hot - and I know ... AKON When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I us... DAN GILROY I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm ... NATALIA TENA The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I e... VANESSA FERLITO 'The Sopranos' all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I wa... JAMES GANDOLFINI If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven... DAVID SEDARIS The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning... JACK VANCE Lawyers don't serve everyone... Lawyers right now can say, 'I'm not the person to help y... BILL HASLAM I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat we... RANDY HARRISON I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying tha... THEODORE STURGEON It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producin... DREW BARRYMORE I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to wake u... JULIANNA MARGULIES There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the div... SAM SHEPARD Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries... B. D. WONG I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared... ANNA KENDRICK All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I've narrowed it down to that. TIGER WOODS I'm just trying to make up for lost times, and I have total awareness that when the work is comi... RON PERLMAN I'm excited and terrified to write something new. I won't be writing about suburbia. MARC CHERRY There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There ... DREW HOUSTON I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writin... ANNE TYLER But to this day - I'm very literate now, I love to read, I read constantly - words don't res... LANCE HENRIKSEN Don, now, is writing songs. He's never written songs before and he's adding a whole new aspect. I me... JASON STOLLSTEIMER When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share somethin... ETGAR KERET One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the ups... MARTHA BECK Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself... PHILIPP MEYER I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I... BILLY GRAHAM There are so many little girls who follow me and look up to me. I'm their role model, so I have ... JORDYN WIEBER I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn... ADAM SILVERA Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more cri... HUNTER HAYES I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If ... RUSSELL CROWE The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick thing... TOMMY CALDWELL Writing the first draft of a new story is incredibly difficult for me. I will happily do revisions, ... MARIE LU Now, with Annie gone, I'm looking for a new dog. I have a lot of duck hunting planned, and I can... BUD GRANT I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writi... STEVIE WONDER I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarra... MIRANDA HART If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can't afford a $30,000 paint... KEITH HARING I'm an improviser. I came up doing improv at the U.C.B. Theater in New York for seven years. Tha... ROB RIGGLE I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't k... MAYA ANGELOU I try to hurt myself, to sprain something, writing every novel and story, because I'm stretching... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied w... AARON HUEY I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. Bu... AVICII I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing u... CARLI LLOYD People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't ... IGGY AZALEA I'm constantly dodging people in L.A. There are some people I don't ever wanna see again, bu... JENNY LEWIS I'm very bad at violence in real life. I can't stand it. And I'm so fed up with crime no... DAVID LAGERCRANTZ You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates. JOE SAKIC I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket sci... RACHAEL RAY I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I... SHABAZZ MUHAMMAD I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Ind... BHARATI MUKHERJEE But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working.... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I can't do any more 'Peep Show' because of my loyalties in Los Angeles to 'Two And A... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN I'm always game for creating a new character, and I liked the idea of putting something new into... MIKE COLTER I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I ... EMMA DONOGHUE I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different... BARBARA KRUGER We're coming into a new generation of women where there's the submissive woman, and then our... BRIE LARSON I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there ar... ELLEN GILCHRIST I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' ... TITUSS BURGESS Just because I'm sassy and have a mouth on me doesn't mean I'm coming from a negative pl... KESHA I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, ... CAMERON DIAZ I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look. SAMANTHA FOX I think it's mental to pay for water. Where is that water coming from? Are they in the hills put... KARL PILKINGTON I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many ... 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