#rite

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#books #contempt #desire #even #glory

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. ↗

— Emilia Clarke

#any #came #degree #drama #drama school

I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, some dance, a little bit of country, singer-songwriter, pop-rock. I like everything! On every album you can find that. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#albums #always #bit #could #country

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#amount #creative #creative outlet #date #get

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#i #just #maybe #thing #writer

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#friends #i #i love #love #writers

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. ↗

— John Cleese

#comedy #history #i #the history of #want

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#chosen #friends #himself #interested #milieu

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#browning #could #elizabeth #long #music

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#create #doing #easier #hit #keep