Quotes by category:Writing

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

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As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

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I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.

rip writing country

The last guy tried to get out of me writing him a ticket by saying, 'Kiss me, big boy, kiss me like there's no tomorrow!'...as I recall, I didn't write that ticket.

kissing writing boys

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

powerful writing america

What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is

islam writing thinking

I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue

issues important writing

I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.

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I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I'll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody.

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I mean somebody could write another book and say Brad's idea about Buddhism and sex is wrong, and here's mine, and that would be great. Just the fact that it would exist would be good because nobody is saying it, it's like they're trying to pretend it's not there.

writing book sex

I don't know how to write jokes from the point of view of a six-foot-two guy. So, I'll always talk about it, but I just don't want it to be the absolute focus of all of my act.

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I always write the first and last song of an album first, and the... by Bradford Cox

I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.

albums writing song

I was trying to write a song based on a story in a random book of Puerto Rican short stories that I found in a thrift store. I thought it was really dark, and so I tried to interpret it. I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up lov... by Bradford Cox

What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?

straight-up writing song

I've always said I write albums; I don't write random songs and t... by Bradford Cox

I've always said I write albums; I don't write random songs and then sort them out.

albums writing song

I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

perspective writing people

Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I'll sit there and I'll write a song to someone - and then I just throw it away because it makes me cringe.

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I don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do,... by Bradford Cox

I don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.

awful stuff writing

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.

guitar play writing

Everybody just needs to realize that when you write something you're just in one mood. I was told I needed to write it and it was overdue; I don't even remember what day it was.

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