Written Quotes · Page 53

'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun.

— Chris Cornell

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

— Lyle Lovett

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

— E. L. James

Textbooks are written in an oracular monotone, so that they claim to be true and important.

— James W. Loewen

A high percentage of each of my books has been written in Des Moines.

— J. Courtney Sullivan

Nine books have been written about me, and there's not a word of truth in any of them.

— Laurence Olivier

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.

— Bruce Vilanch

I would never have written it without you. (Erin) And I would never have lived without you. (V'Aiden)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In…

— Catullus

Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that. It just makes sense,…

— James Marsden

Allow me to introduce myself. I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my mother should have aborted me and left me…

— Kathleen Parker

I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one…

— Augusten Burroughs

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and…

— Leslie Caron

For me, my storyline [in Big Little Lies] is very complicated and nuanced. [The script] was so beautifully written. It was very,…

— Nicole Kidman

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

The trouble with many copywriters in general agencies are that they don't really think in terms of selling. They have never written…

— David Ogilvy

The mutability of the past is the central tenet of Ingsoc. Past events, it is argued, have no objective existance, but survive…

— George Orwell

My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up…

— Jeffery Taylor

The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be…

— Haile Selassie

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has…

— Peter Warlock

I have never written a book that I wouldn't want to read. The trouble is, I love to read horror, sf, fantasy,…

— F. Paul Wilson

Long ago I abandoned my masterpiece a roll of paper thirty yards long which I filled completely with minute handwriting in my…

— Peter Weiss

The number one reason why marijuana is illegal is because the Pharma Cartel does not want you to grow your own medicine.…

— Joe Rogan

Frankly, reviews aremostly for peoplewho still read.Like most of the written word, it isgoing the way of the dinosaur.

— Bruce Willis

When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what…

— Tara Westover

It's rare to get a really truly wonderfully written, acted and produced sci-fi show, period.

— Richard Hatch

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

— Alfred de Musset

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Miracles and magic pervade the things that I've written, but yet there are no miracles and there is no magic.

— Kate DiCamillo

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.

— Winston Churchill

I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear The Stranger. You May Be Right may be one of the greatest…

— Adam Pally

“My journal, my written thoughts like the lost children of my soul.”

— Sarah Ockler

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

— Victoria Justice

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

— Jeanette Winterson

I've written a lot of autobiography, which also involved listening.

— Frederick Buechner

In the past, history was always written by the victors. But in the age of Twitter, history is written by everyone.

— Nick Bilton

As a ghost writer, many words I have written have been for someone else.

— Melissa Leong

When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.

— Ricky Gervais

Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

— Frank Zappa