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When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I… — Trey Parker
Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and… — Sean Penn
The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God. — Katy Perry
As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published… — Steven Pinker
The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was… — Harold Ramis
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and… — Lou Reed
There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven. — Tom Robbins
I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series. — Rick Riordan
I went to a large consolidated school in Appalachia. And I wrote the story when I was in the second grade and I took it… — Tom Robbins
I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. — David Rockefeller
My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I… — Salman Rushdie
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it. — Carl Sandburg
Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the… — Carl Sandburg
I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those… — Carl Sandburg
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things. — Jill Scott
I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm… — Jerry Seinfeld
I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there. — Robert W. Service
I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know… — Wallace Shawn
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book it seemed to… — Jane Smiley
I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as… — Patti Smith
When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books.… — Patti Smith
I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time. — Zadie Smith
When I was 21, I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for 'The Simpsons' who'd briefly… — Zadie Smith
I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. — Rick Springfield
I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous. — Danielle Steel

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