#ten

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#i do #luck #matter #often #short

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#almost #although #anything #been #before

Rage is really only for the good days. The truth is there's little of that left. the truth is that the forms I see have been slowly emptied out. They no longer have any content. They are shapes only. A train, a wall, a world. Or a man. A thing dangling in senseless articulation in a howling void. No meaning to its life. Its words. Why would I seek the company of such a thing? Why? ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#existentialism #realist #life

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#bass #different #different types #i #instrument

My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#home #instrument #intended #me #only

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#fan #i #music #musical #often

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#countries #great #great britain #imperialist #like

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#happy music #me #move #much #music

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#certainly #everything #i #idea #interesting

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#give #listen #make #many #only