I was able to notice in a very early stage, there were discrepancies between the people who are writing the songs and… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
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Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I… — Arthur Godfrey Copy Share Image
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Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto,… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
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For 'Hey Monday,' there were songs that I co-wrote with songwriters or producers, but our last EP, the whole band did everything… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
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As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about my disorders for people like my husband or mother who don't suffer but have saved people. Mentally… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Fiction writers have long turned to winter to advance bluer palettes, slicker surfaces, and sharper contrasts. The sky darkens, the wind picks… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
It's always different, depending on the writer and the director. A collaborator like Graham Reznick delivers a fully finished piece, perfected in… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
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I love you," he writes again and again. "I can't bear to live without you. I'm counting the minutes until I see… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
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