You can write anything you want to,--a six-act blank verse, symbolic tragedy or a vulgar short, short story. Just so that you… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
We did meet forty years ago. At that time we were both influenced by Whitman and I said, jokingly in part, 'I… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don't know their origins. I think if I did, if I seemed to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
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In the New Testament it is taught that willing and voluntary service to others is the highest duty and glory in human… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
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It's very much a back and forth conversation between the fans and the writers, between the writers and the powers that be.… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
For a dyed-in-the-wool author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written ... she is rather like a cat… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
When I was writing my column, I would almost always be recognized when I was in a restaurant, even if I was… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I always felt better co-writing something - always co-writing. Because if I was the lead of it and it failed, then it… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
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They talk about a lot of different things, but I think they definitely have the same school of thought as my husband… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I still make music. I still write music and I record music, I just don't trust music promotion [and] distribution right now… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I think poets are supposed to be writing for television and film. I grew up in the day of early TV that… — Eileen Myles Copy Share Image
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In writing the new films, I’ve come to realize that AVATAR’s world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated,… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Adrienne [ Shelly] had 100 per cent control over this movie [ Waitress] as a director. She didn't just write it, direct… — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
How to avoid cliche at the root of conception? Practice sincerity. If we've come by ... material honestly, through our own personal… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
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