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I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.


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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.


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I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out.
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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.


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I write everything out in longhand in one fast go. And then I throw out the first few and start over again. By the end of the first draft, the whole thing's messy and disgusting and horrible, but you really understand the foundational stuff.
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Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.


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The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.
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It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.


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