#rite

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb.' I started later, in my early twenties. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#began #early #first #formed #hand

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#death #his #journal #letter #like

I write about my life. ↗

— George Michael

#i #i write #life #my life #write

There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake. ↗

— Bill Conti

#aesthetic #composers #higher #i #illusions

I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#barely #big #business #certainly #going

It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#attorney #get #guess #how #i

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself. ↗

— Chris Daughtry

#enough #express #got #guitar #i

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#feminist #hero #i #i write #know

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #been #criteria #despite #domestic

If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#courses #entire #favorites #golfing #life