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Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this… — Tristram Stuart
I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc at Columbia University,… — Daniel Goldstein
The neatest thing about television is that they write for you... They find out what you can do, what you do best, how it works,… — Ann B. Davis
I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but to make sure… — Maya Angelou
I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to me it represented… — Kris Kristofferson
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have. — Dolly Parton
I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens. — Dolly Parton
My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home… — Dolly Parton
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play. — Tom Stoppard
I am not somebody who meets a man or a woman somewhere and feels like that is an incredible character that I must write into… — Tom Stoppard
I like dialogue that is slightly more brittle than life. I have always admired and wished to write one of those 1940s film scripts where… — Tom Stoppard
I write my own tweets. — Don Rickles
I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big… — Erich Bergen
I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. — Patrick O'Brian
I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. — Mary Mouser
I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff. — Art Alexakis
When I became a parent and hit my thirties, I got my hands on an acoustic guitar. I started writing quiet, simple songs at home… — Withered Hand
When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything. — Mitch Leigh
I need complete silence when I write. — Chris Bohjalian
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand. — Eleanor Catton

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