#rite

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#greatest #half #library #make #man

I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#ending #felt #i #life #life is a

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music. ↗

— Adam Jones

#just #just be #music #should #then

Because I work in television, I always knew that I loved working with writers. It's very collaborative. You're always in a room full of writers. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#because #collaborative #full #i #i always

A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#favorite #lot #meant #necessarily #people

I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#hits #hotel #hotel room #i #i write

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano. ↗

— Norah Jones

#guitar #i #i do #more #piano

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens. ↗

— Norah Jones

#any #control #great #happens #hope

Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day. ↗

— Norah Jones

#great #i #love #many #need

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#audience #colors #context #dramatic #i