#ape

In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#bag #basis #cassette #commit #constant

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters. ↗

— Susannah York

#because #becoming #characters #escape #go

Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice. ↗

— Don Young

#arctic #community #covered #farming #found

I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me. ↗

— Toby Young

#column #fired #firing #first #got

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#paper #verbal #worth #written

The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing. ↗

— Pia Zadora

#escape #immersing #myself #playing #them

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#growing #much #rest #shape #states

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. ↗