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In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience… — Phil Harris
Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays. — Thomas Harrison
No, I can't write treatments, I think there's a danger with treatments. That you... you write out your first excitement and enthusiasm in a prose… — Ronald Harwood
Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in… — Kristin Davis
I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole generations… — Lee Hazlewood
I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it might be. — Garth Ennis
But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful. — Bryan Ferry
I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. — Bart Howard
More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because… — John Hall
In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't… — Peter Davison
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which… — Peter Davison
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of… — Kenneth Koch
I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel… — John Hughes
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously.… — Ernest Hemingway
And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that. — Utada Hikaru
Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't… — Ken Hill
Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with. — Jeffery Deaver
You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The viewer… — Nigel Kneale
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in… — Ian Hislop
I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister. — Carol Ann Duffy

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