Affecting Quote by Diana Gabaldon Download Open image “When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.” — Diana Gabaldon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affecting Anyone Art Artist Artist Write Intent Intent Affecting Write Writing
When you write as an artist, you just tell a story and people say it addresses issues. — John Kani Copy Share Image
That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman.… — Elton John Copy Share Image
It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
As an artist, you have to express yourself. You just can't stop being an artist. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective. — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
I don't think you can prevent an artist from being and I don't think you can cause one to be. No one knows what… — Robert Engman Copy Share Image
“If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that’s… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
You can't brand an artiste and take away the fact that he or she wants to do something genuinely different. — Sameera Reddy Copy Share Image
Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We are bound,you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you."One large hand rose to stroke my hair. "D'ye mind… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Issues affecting tribal communities have routinely been minimized and ignored. — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field… — Florence Kelley Copy Share Image
Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such 'imagine if' questions... we can distance ourselves from the frames, cues, anchors… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is nature's red-light warning against the model of… — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Say what you will about Americans, but one thing they are not is passive. The Bush administration may have pushed through the Patriot Act… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as 'panics' - when adverse conditions affecting… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
Diamond Dallas saved my life. He didn't have to, but that's the kind of guy he is. He's helped so many people with his… — Jake Roberts Copy Share Image
I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
