There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you… — Michael Nyman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Yeah, I've been writing a bunch of new stuff, but it's all secret. In fact, I may or may not have been… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
My husband has no desire to work with me. He gets paid a lot of money to write giant movies. He's not… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I didn't disappear; I started writing songs and worked behind the scenes. — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
“When a writer is born into a family, Czesław Miłosz once famously said, the family is finished. You could forget about having… — Judith Freeman Copy Share Image
I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it's so… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
A lot of young girls don't realise how diverse the career opportunities are in games development. Many think that you need elite… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a… — Mario Copy Share Image
On tour, it's hard to do much writing, but if I'm on a deadline, I find a way. — Davy Rothbart Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the rules of writing get in the way of a good story told.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
In general, a writer would like to think that the best book that he has written is the book that he is… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I've got an original graphic novel called 'The Indian and the Bandit' that I'm writing with a childhood friend. — Michael McMillian Copy Share Image
There are parts in albums where I wrote a lot of the lyrics. There are parts on albums where Steve wrote a… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
Women do not always have to write about women, or gay men about gay men. Indeed, something good and new might happen… — Kathryn Hughes Copy Share Image
The difficulty in the way of writing a children's play is that Barrie was born too soon. Many people must have felt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again — Anonymous Copy Share Image