I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
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I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists or writers or journalists or… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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I'm a little nervous. Definitely. Especially coming from an album like Biophilia, which was about the universe. This is more of a… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Expediency of literature, reason of literature, lawfulness of writing down a thought, is questioned; much is to say on both sides,and, while… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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[Eugene] O'Neill made a living, certainly, at least. But each of these forms have sort of died the death in turn, and… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
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I think I'm a very lazy writer and by that I mean that I do not battle, I don't struggle too hard… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
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Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
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