#writ

Whatever it is Christ said doesn't get a fair shake. There's not much written, it was done 150 years later, and it was used to create an empire. So can we get rid of all that and just see what the guy said? ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#create #done #empire #fair #fair shake

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#audience #colors #context #dramatic #i

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#bit #down #get #i #idea

I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#because #embarrassed #i #novels #religion

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate. ↗

— John Metcalf

#honest #keep #themselves #writers

Designing Woman was written for the screen. ↗

— Vincente Minnelli

#screen #woman #written

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. ↗