Written Quotes · Page 8

I've written about one song on several different albums.

— Gloria Gaynor

My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.

— Yves Saint Laurent

A good book written for children can be read by adults

— Norton Juster

“Our destiny is written for us.”

— Jerome Hines

The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.

— W. P. Kinsella

“I believe that what we want to write wants to be written”

— Julia Cameron

I think I'm less the writer than I'm the written.

— John Banville

“My most recent novel is written wholly in numbers.”

— Dan Holloway

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

— Lois Lowry

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

— Judy Holliday

The Word of God was not written to satisfy our curiosity; it was written to # change our lives.

— Howard G. Hendricks

I think with 'Modern Family,' you'll struggle to find anything better. It's brilliantly, brilliantly written.

— Brendan O'Carroll

A written regulation in NASCAR is about as reliable as an Egyptian immigration law.

— Brock Yates

I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.

— Mike Gordon

You'll never regret writing any letter out of love. However, it's a good idea to reread anything you've written in anger.

— Mary Matalin

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

Where I feel something that I had written was misinterpreted in a way that made people feel bad, that is absolutely horrifying…

— Jesse Eisenberg

To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out…

— John Hughes

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during…

— Peter Stone

I don't know why so much nonsense about age is written - although I can certainly understand that no one really wants…

— Nora Ephron

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going to cover and the chronology of the…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or…

— Randy Wayne White

Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us,…

— Alejandro Zambra

Someone has written, Love is a verb. It requires doing -not just saying and thinking. The test is in what one does,…

— David B. Haight

I structure the scripts and work on them on films and work on scenes with writers and but I haven't written a…

— Tom Cruise

I've never not been pleased with one of my albums. I figure because it's spoken word, there will be people who relate…

— John Trudell

The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake…

— Stephen Daldry

I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should…

— Adam Rapp

Far too often scripts are being written with race in mind, but the subject matter doesn't lend itself to any conversation on…

— Nate Parker

Our Cosmic Habitat is certain to be widely quoted and widely read. It is beautifully written, using inspiring and stimulating analogies. While…

— John N. Bahcall

And out of the blue, I got a call from an editor friend at Knopf and she said that they were interested…

— Bob Colacello

I like to believe that stories want to be written, that they must make an effort in order to be heard. They…

— Rodrigo Rey Rosa

I think I have written the things I was put on Earth to write.

— Michel Faber

Closing Bell is unlike any play I've written.

— Arthur Laurents

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

— Stephen Sondheim

“On the last page he'd written simply, She's so beautiful. ”

— Lia Habel

The Pall Mall Gazette is written by gentlemen for gentlemen.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Where is it written that lives should have a meaning?”

— Elena Ferrante

I don't like to write, but I love to have written.

— Michael Kanin

“The future's written in water.”

— Carolyn MacCullough