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I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy. ↗

— Carol Burnett

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But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

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I often reread books I have written. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

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Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn. ↗

— Tim Cahill

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That's what my life is, writing songs. ↗

— John Cale

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It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

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He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer. ↗

— Simon Callow

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Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever. ↗

— Roberto Calvi

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I love to write, to sing, to make music. Not to act: I am horrible. ↗

— Kim Carnes

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Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

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