#i write

I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance. ↗

— Will Oldham

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As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. ↗

— George Orwell

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I write poetry in order to live more fully. ↗

— Judith Rodriguez

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I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films. ↗

— Bruce Bennett

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It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another. ↗

— Chester Bennington

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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

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Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#court #court tv #day #end #everything

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all. ↗

— Lady Gaga

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