#rite

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

— Patricia Clarkson

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

— Dorothy Fields

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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

The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#belong #fall #fit #him #his

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#careers #doctors #enough #lady #lawyers

My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that. ↗

— Les Claypool

#every #favorite #i #i love #like

You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it. ↗

— Les Claypool

#back #before #book #everything #favorite

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

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My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#am #because #books #changing #constant