#cause

I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive. ↗

— Adam Ant

#ant #ants #because #chose #explosion

I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens; I am far more disciplined than that. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#be different #because #bound #did #different

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#earn #ever #first #living #spouse

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#am #because #even #home #i

The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#i #just #me #only #plan

For a while after the rape, I was afraid of my own sexuality, because I got raped right about the time when I started developing physically. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#afraid #after #because #developing #got

I got into therapy in the fifth grade because I said in a sarcastic way that I was going to kill myself, and they didn't get it then. Nothing's changed. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#changed #fifth #get #going #got

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#here #i #i write #know #must

In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#because #crazier #healthy #i #isolating

There are a lot of sacrifices a mother makes when she's raising a child by herself. I saw it when I was growing up, watching all my mother did for me. But it wasn't until recently that I fully understood the price she paid because of how we had to struggle. ↗

— Christina Applegate

#child #did #fully #growing #growing up