#writ

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way. ↗

— Tom Waits

#almost #any #constant #constant state #create

Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#name #rely #scripts #should #television

As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#bowie #class #course #cousins #david

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#because #i #life #my life #playing

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#go #into #music #need #next

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#context #cultural #distinctly #ethnic #gender

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#always #american #american tradition #apolitical #comes

I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#dialogue #i #most #most amazing #quentin

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. ↗

— Alice Walker

#fame #heal #healthy #healthy person #helps

Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence. ↗

— Alice Walker

#blog #crippled #generations #i #i do