Written Quotes · Page 42

Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and…

— Arundhati Roy

Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that…

— James Fenton

I put the storyboard down and came back to it like two weeks later and saw that I had written 'Butt-Head' next…

— Mike Judge

In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.

— Laura Wade

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream…

— Ryan Tedder

I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in…

— Richard Ford

I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album.…

— Ronnie Montrose

Think of it! A few more boats, a few more planks of wood nailed together in a particular way at a thrifty…

— Lawrence Beesley

What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim]…

— Kevin Drew

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

— Leo Ornstein

Kerouac and I are not real at all. The only thing about a writer is that he has written, and not his…

— William S. Burroughs

The usual method of creation for most human beings is a three-step process involving thought, word, and deed or action. First comes…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then…

— Richard Schiff

As an actor, I've always found that my job is not to judge the content in which I've agreed to perform in.…

— David Zayas

I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity,…

— Anthony Bourdain

. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last.…

— Craig Lucas

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the…

— Jack Vance

You should find the dopest producer in your area, and that producer is always going to want songs written to his beat.

— Sevyn Streeter

But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he…

— Juana Inés de la Cruz

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

— Isabel Allende

Raw and delicate, poignant and poetic, Shelby Smoak’s Bleeder exposes the sorrow and sometimes sweetness of coming to age with HIV. In…

— Jenny Boully

I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care…

— Lauren Grodstein

There are many things I’ve written that I didn’t really understand until a long time later.

— Harry Mathews

With Mel [Brooks], only one time and that was later on during "Young Frankenstein" - never with Zero [Mostel] and never with…

— Gene Wilder