#rite

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I've heard it before does not mean I don't want to hear it one more time. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#before #does #fulfilling #hear #heard

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#neither #nor #read #seen #should

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks. ↗

— John Mayer

#order #release #songs #stick #tracks

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart. ↗

— Diana Ross

#actress #am #first #foremost #heart

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers. ↗

— Theresa May

#crime #fighters #form #getting #officers

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really. ↗

— John Mayall

#dictates #goes #i #i write #mood

A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#means #thought #typewriter

I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily. ↗

— John Mayer

#assuming #currently #emotion #emotional #experiencing

Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits. ↗

— John Mayer

#impress #mother #pursuits #trying #words

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. ↗

— John Mayer

#guitar #guitar player #i #jock #player