#akin

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#complete #family #friends #must #natural

Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection. ↗

— Edward Weston

#before #composition #consult #consulting #deduced

I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said "There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there's no military solution." ↗

— Bradley Whitford

#heard #human #human rights #i #interesting

You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#core #creating #environment #getting #government

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#each #happy #other #single #single word

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business. ↗

— Meredith Whitney

#either #get #making #making money #money

I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#am #get #god #i #i am

Fortunately I own a vintage brain, and I am alive and well in the 21st century, still making records, still working at an intense pace and most of all, still having fun doing it. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#alive #am #brain #century #doing

We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#always #demos #making #monsters #right

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. ↗

— Voltaire

#art #citizens #class #consists #general