I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project…

If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.

— Robert Metcalfe

Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.

— Matt Taibbi

“Every writing project must be reduced before you start to write.”

— William Knowlton Zinsser

I think what gets you through a small writing project, is just one burst of inspiration. A book, especially a longer book, it's a…

— Alan Lightman

But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements…

— Philip Gerard

I work hard, whether it comes to writing for my own project or another artist.

— Benji Hughes

“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.”

— Paul J. Silvia

If there's a therapist who wants a writing project, I think there's a need for a book about how the culture affects the mental…

— Mary Pipher

I work without commercial considerations.

— Paul Russo

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred…

— Richard Morris

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

— Tom Petty

“How would you like to star in your very own commercial?" "I'd rather swim in battery acid.”

— Robin Benway

An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'

— Tony Scott

My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop…

— Marina and the Diamonds

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

— Edmund Burke