#rite

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#firmly #good #good music #i #music

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#deceives #despises #dupe #himself #hypocrite

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#crowd #defend #excuses #favorite #hidden

You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#better #educated #least #people #smart

I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film. ↗

— John Hurt

#film #i #lots #memories #say

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#i #i do #i write #mind #reader

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#autobiography #bad #except #his #memory

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers. ↗

— Erica Jong

#i #like #most #ones #rave

My favorite wines are Zinfandels. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#wines

I'm a songwriter first. ↗

— Carole King

#i #songwriter