I Wrote Quotes
961 I Wrote quotes by 760 unique authors
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Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was…
— Liz Phair
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I wrote it alone, for him, to interest him, to please him, to occupy him. I wasn't young, nor particularly pretty. I needed something which…
— Anne Desclos
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And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear.
— William Blake
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It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of…
— Jean Paul
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In that long sequence, when Lawrence enters in the desert to rescue a lost man, Lean listened the music I wrote and wanted to extend…
— Maurice Jarre
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I want to open myself. ... I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus. I danced for the Devil; I…
— Abigail Williams
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I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of…
— Gordon Getty
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I wrote a letter to Harvard, explaining that I was having difficulty deciding between it and the University of Pennsylvania. Could I come and visit?…
— J. Michael Bishop
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A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back…
— Renny Harlin
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I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing with everything I've…
— Max Brooks
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in…
— Laura Hillenbrand
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It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it done after so many years; because I wrote it and…
— Beth Henley
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I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded, that makes me…
— Jerry Reed
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I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what…
— Neil Jordan
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I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but…
— Denis Johnson
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Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of…
— Gerald Caiafa
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Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and…
— Alice Hamilton
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To get GoPro started, I moved back in with my parents and went to work seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I wrote…
— Nick Woodman
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Sometimes I wish Marta were more loyal to me. Like the other day. The car parked next to ours had a real dirty windshield; so…
— Jack Handey
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I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or…
— Ed McCabe
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I knew when I wrote the line "light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson" [from the song "Slow Jamz"] I was going to be a big…
— Kanye West
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When I was nine, I wrote a vow of celibacy on a piece of paper and ate it.
— Lena Dunham
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Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid.’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was…
— Lena Dunham
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I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything Id…
— Jonathan Coe
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I was always depressed growing up. There wasnt a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I…
— Amanda Hocking
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