Quotes by Writing I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs. Ashthon Jones wantwritingsong I live my life like anybody else, and people choose to write about mine. And what they write I can't control - when they write lies at least - because the laws can't really protect you unless you can prove malicious intent. So I just choose not to read it. Ashton Kutcher lawwritinglying I don't read the magazines that make things up about people. I know what the truth is. I don't sort of indulge in my own fodder. I don't really care what they write about me. Ashton Kutcher indulge-inwritingpeople I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted. Ashwin Sanghi the-end-of-the-dayendswriting Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to. Ashwin Sanghi differentwritingworld Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm. Ashwin Sanghi storieswritingcountry After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor. Ashwin Sanghi suggestionseditorswriting I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers. Ashwin Sanghi writingcountrybook I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.' Ashwin Sanghi readerwantwriting I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate. Ashwin Sanghi identitywritingyears It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story. Ashwin Sanghi bad-daywritinggiving Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when Im alone. But when one is elevated into the stature of an author, you have to think about your books in terms of their business angle. Ashwin Sanghi writingbookthinking What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers. Ashwin Sanghi ignoredheartwriting Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me. Ashwin Sanghi creativeexpressionwriting I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you. Ashwin Sanghi heartwritingpeople I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I'm researching and writing. Ashwin Sanghi topicsmonthswriting Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it. Ashwin Sanghi viewswritingbook It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in. Asne Seierstad outsiderswritingcountry I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book and suddenly make up her mind about the war. I want to write for everybody. Asne Seierstad writingwarbook I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write. Asne Seierstad importantwritingbook«112113114115116117118119120121122»
