“Write like it matters, and it will.”

“Just write. Just write. Just write. [...]
When we are in the heart of writing it doesn't matter where we are. We can write anyplace.”

“Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.”

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”

“The greatest lesson i have learnt from writing is that it doesn't matter what you write but your writing matters, your words need to be meaningful. Feel free to write your imagination and try to find the author hidden within you.”

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”

“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy.”

“Writing can only be as good as its subject matter.”

“Writing should generate ideas into matter, and not the other way around.”

“[about Nothing Else Matters] James always wanted to be perceived as this guy who is very confident and strong. And for him to write lyrics like that - showing a sensitive side - took a lot of balls.”