“The book (song, script, article) wrote itself”
Authors, Screenwriters and Songwriters
James Cameron – Avatar – wrote itself quickly.
And when I went to write Avatar, it wrote itself very quickly – about three weeks. Less maybe, even…” Screenwriter James Cameron on his film Avatar
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/interviews/a200664/james-cameron.html
Lee Greenwood – God Bless the USA – song about wrote itself.
“The song just about wrote itself. The words seemed to flow naturally,” Songwriter Lee Greenwood on his song “God Bless the USA” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
Phil Lesh on Robert Hunter’s A Box of Rain – lyric wrote itself
Lesh “wanted a song to sing to his dying father and had composed a piece complete with every vocal nuance but the words. If ever a lyric ‘wrote itself,’ this did—as fast as the pen would pull.” Robert Hunter on the Grateful Dead song “A Box of Rain” composed by Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_of_Rain
Diane Warren – Back on My Feet Again – song wrote itself … just came pouring out.
“The song wrote itself…I was thinking about my dad who had recently passed away, and it just came pouring out.” Diane Warren on her song Back on My Feet Again
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_I%27m_Back_on_My_Feet_Again
Miranda Lambert- Dead Flowers – song came to me right away… kinda wrote itself.
“I was going on the road, so I had to throw them in the yard. They were just laying there, and it was a really sad image. The song came to me right away and was one of those ones that kinda wrote itself.” Songwriter Miranda Lambert on her song “Dead Flowers”
http://blog.cmt.com/2009-05-08/miranda-lambert-one-ups-the-rolling-stones/
Kris Coombs-Roberts – album basically wrote itself.
“The album basically wrote itself.” Kris Coombs-Roberts, Funeral for a Friend guitarist
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/funeral_for_a_friend_guitarist_latest_album_basically_wrote_itself.html
Glenn Frey – Lyin’ Eyes – song had always been there
“The story had always been there. I don’t want to say it wrote itself, but once we started working on it, there were no sticking points.” Songwriter Glenn Frey on his song Lyin Eyes
http://www.glennfreyonline.com/quotes/songs.htm
Darrin Doyle – The Writing Porch felt like it wrote itself.
“I had such fun writing that first draft – following the voices, the manias, the desires, of these characters – that it really felt like the story ‘wrote itself’” Author Darrin Doyle on The Writing Porch
http://writingporch.blogspot.com/2009/03/author-q-with-darrin-doyle-revenge-of.html
David White – Story Practically Wrote Itself
“I loved the park and had always wanted to use it at a location. Something clicked in my mind. The story practically wrote itself, and it was a cathartic feeling. The characters were talking, the situations were clicking, and it all felt right. … I showed it to two people to read. They immediately told me it was my best work.”Author David White http://www.davewhitenovels.com/behindstoriesdavewhite.html
Keith Richards – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction – song came in sleep
Keith Richards states that he came up with the guitar riff for the song in his sleep, waking up in the middle of the night, recording the riff and the words “I can’t get no satisfaction” on a cassette recorder and promptly falling back to sleep. (Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones song Satisfaction)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28I_Can%27t_Get_No%29_Satisfaction
