I Wrote Quotes

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I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I… — Roseanne Barr
My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote some short stories… — Annie Besant
I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in… — Erma Bombeck
'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically;… — Anthony Bourdain
The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars. — Ray Bradbury
That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog. — Christina Aguilera
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and -… — Mitch Albom
When I was with the Labor Party, I'd get into trouble because the party bosses determined that some of what I wrote, or proposed to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book… — Graydon Carter
My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my… — Jimmy Carter
When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this… — Johnny Cash
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these… — Nick Cave
I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day… — Kenny Chesney
I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it. — Margaret Cho
I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded… — Diablo Cody
I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then… — Gregg Allman
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right. — Maya Angelou
I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,… — Maya Angelou
I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I'd gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is… — Beyonce Knowles
Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness… — Roger Penrose

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