#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

And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ↗

— Emily Watson

#date #going #hand #i #know

During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room. I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home. ↗

— Emily Watson

#breaking #during #go #go home #home

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

Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#decisions #even #guilty #i #lest things

I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs, and how the couches would be situated. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#been #couches #down #drawing #faces

I'm not making any bets on the future. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#bets #future #i #making

Is there anything better than making a kid laugh? ↗

— Michelle Williams

#better #kid #laugh #making #than

I don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#i #i love #know #love #making