Begonnen / Begun Hätten / Had Hoffnungslos / Hopeless Innere / Inner Kennt / Know Kritiker / Critic Oben / Up Schreiben / Write Über / About Wer / Who Wie / How
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.
It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.
There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.
I guess I came to know this about myself: for better or worse, I don't give up.
In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money... that was my reality.
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
