#rites

Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong. ↗

— Bob Hope

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A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#himself #i #i write #just #money

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#british #i #i am #only #spanish

My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#like #plays #sings #son #songs

I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play. ↗

— Gary Burton

#felt #his #i #i am #like

No one writes about the emotional things you go through. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#emotional #go #things #through #writes

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#generally #i #music #outcome #part

I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#believe #cease #corrosive #device #encourages

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#country #decay #held #religion #rites

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#actually #around #evidence #looking #most