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Our job, as writers is to do our jobs. ↗

— David Mamet

#jobs #our #writers

The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language. ↗

— Paul de Man

#agent #both #degree #his #historian

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#group #i #i write #listening #loves

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#each #i #instrumentalist #string #try

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

#innate #most #probably #songwriters #songwriting

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#cannot #fight #his #i #imagine

I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#any #anymore #enough #good #healthiest

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#flavor #get #i #piano #songs

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are. ↗

— Barry Mann

#alcohol #become #big #fear #how

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. ↗

— Barry Mann

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