#rite

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#could #different #different person #feeling #feeling good

I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#been #could #easier #going #hard

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#cut #down #hypocrite #kind #make

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#feelings #hope #i #i do #ignore

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#american #been #blake #books #favorite

Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#cottage #great #i #live #lucas

William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#characters #completely #contrasting #different #different people

I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#any #city #day #i #like

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have. ↗

— Joss Stone

#i #i can #relate #songs #them

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#before #enamored #i #melodies #my own