#rite

No, no, the songs write themselves, almost. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#songs #themselves #write

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#alligators #connection #deal #distant #fantasy

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#challenge #enjoying #even #experiencing #felt

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#being #characters #every #give #him

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews. ↗

— Dakota Fanning

#cameron #cameron diaz #diaz #favorite #julia

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life. ↗

— Dakota Fanning

#different #different things #doing #favorite #favorite things

What I like about the third movie is you get to see a side of Carlisle you haven't seen before. You actually get to see what his vampire capabilities are because there's some great battle sequences. It's my favorite book. Carlisle is holding on to that humanity. He doesn't want to be a vampire. ↗

— Peter Facinelli

#actually #battle #because #before #book

Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem. ↗

— John Braine

#eunuch #harem #library #like #rather

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#also #artist #dare #others #reveal

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records. ↗

— Michelle Branch

#before #being #going #i #i think