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When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#approval #because #certainly #confident #dad

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#just #lives #more #people #something

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#pay #proud #something #use #write

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#equal #felt #i #idea #many

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#back #because #character #desire #exposure

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics. ↗

— Obie Trice

#get #go #i #lyrics #music

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

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Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

#audiences #ever #good #great #i

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#dealing #exercise #expensive #i #i think

I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere. ↗

— Yaphet Kotto

#direct #either #get #going #i