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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — Ludwig van Beethoven
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose… — Samuel Beckett
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. — George Ade
I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like… — Adele
I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche. — Adele
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. — Saul Bellow
If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in… — Adele
The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so… — Adele
I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both… — John Berger
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. — Hector Berlioz
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck
The main thing is to make history, not to write it. — Otto von Bismarck
Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the -… — Joe Biden
Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which… — Buffalo Bill
As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. — Bjork
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and… — Bjork
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise. — Lewis Black
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. — Judy Blume
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a… — John Bolton
Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. — David Bowie

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