#writ

Writers speak stench. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#stench #writers

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. ↗

— Aphra Behn

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I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs. ↗

— Adrian Belew

#because #borrowed #guitar #i #myself

I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit. ↗

— William Bell

#artist #bit #creating #design #different

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#am #book #crusades #dull #i

I can write anywhere. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#i #i can #write

It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#about #brilliant #build #draw #gift

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

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There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#lot #point #songwriters #steal #terms

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#been #cruel #destroy #different #even