#writ

You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#attempt #doomed #last #once #possibly

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#i #i do #i love #love #rock

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#legitimate #made #me #music #real

I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear. ↗

— John Fogerty

#bad #fact #good #good songs #hard

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. ↗

— Ben Folds

#i #i write #inside #lot #proud

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'. ↗

— Ben Folds

#good #hits #i #really #writing

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit. ↗

— Ken Follett

#badly #credit #doing #gets #just

Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers. ↗

— Ken Follett

#just #movies #thriller #writers

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era. ↗

— Ken Follett

#favorite #fourth #i #ii #middle

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary. ↗

— Ken Follett

#dramatic #felt #free #long #next