Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
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Then somebody suggested I should write about the war, and I said I didn't know anything about the war. I did not… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
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The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
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I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures. Wounded Muses tell me… — Boethius Copy Share Image
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Half condemn him and write him off as useless like him dad. The other half just shrug and indulge him and say,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I was always into poetry and writing. So the urgency of spoken word is something that really has always appealed to me. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
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If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream. — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
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That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
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