I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
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Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
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As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and… — Henry Purcell Copy Share Image
Rick Bass is one of a dwindling handful of American fiction writers still celebrating the importance of place, the natural world, and… — Howard Frank Mosher Copy Share Image
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When I want to tackle a story or a subject, I always ask myself three questions: Is it important to talk about… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The way you write dialogue is the same whether you're writing for movies or TV or games. We use movie scriptwriting software… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Millie's Cafe' driving out of Ft. Worth, Texas one time. I was in a dust storm in my old bus.… — Fred Eaglesmith Copy Share Image
I'd like to. But that's definitely not all I want to do. It's not the most intellectually stimulating thing that you can… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I first read Sigmund Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' as a young girl, and it helped me to understand that there are… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
["Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"] is a very hard book to translate to film because there's so much interior monologue. The… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think the function of writing, at least for me as a fiction writer, is to say to people, "Here's the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I try to write something that has a common ground to everyone. But there's been nothing new in music since Bach; he… — Eddie Rabbitt Copy Share Image
Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that.… — Del Shannon Copy Share Image
If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
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The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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“An important aspect of writing unmentioned by Burton was ‘priority'; what to tell first. That always seemed one of the basic problems.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
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Journalists like to talk and write and produce, but the most important part of that process is learning how to listen. And… — Kristen Welker Copy Share Image
I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“I know why you picked her," Frank says, still sitting on the grass. "She's like you, sort of. A writer. Unhappy. Wishing… — Albert Borris Copy Share Image
If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
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