#time

We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had our lawyer make the call to Elektra and ask for our advance. Then, we got dropped. It was actually exciting. ↗

— Gene Ween

#advance #ask #been #bunch #call

We sold a certain, steady amount of product for them and they could count on it. When it came time to ask for the money for this new record, they dropped us. It was fine with us. It was a dead fish. ↗

— Gene Ween

#ask #came #certain #could #count

That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#creative #every #every time #flaws #god

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. ↗

— Simone Weil

#dwelling #extreme #humiliation #into #long

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy. ↗

— Simone Weil

#commit #crucifixion #envy #every #every time

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. ↗

— Kanye West

#just be #novels #people #self-absorbed #sometimes

Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard. ↗

— Randy West

#around #because #been #game #game shows

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. ↗

— Rebecca West

#differentiate #doormat #express #feminist #i

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. ↗

— Rebecca West

#difference #hard #history #skunk #smell

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. ↗

— Rebecca West

#differentiate #doormat #express #feminist #i