#arts

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#about #arts #because #business #degrees

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. ↗

— Dominic West

#because #big #british #british actors #cheap

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind. ↗

— Rebecca West

#between #different #different parts #mind #nothing

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#artists #arts #ever #interested #kind

I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#best #club #divided #europe #ever

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating. ↗

— Jack White

#anything #copying #hate #hear #hope

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it. ↗

— Theodore White

#american #american politics #anything #arts #cannot

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#always #any #attention #attract #because

I'm a bit hesitant to do anything because I'm actually kind of lazy and I'd like an easier life from now on. The world's a massive place with lots of early mornings and late starts when you're working. ↗

— Robbie Williams

#anything #because #bit #early #early mornings

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#instruments #parts #play #stage #stage play