#writ

If I were a taxi cab driver, as lots of writers supposedly are, and my boss were to tell me that I couldn’t read on the job, I’d obediently go around running every STOP sign. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #job #logic #obediently

I am the worlds laziest writer. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#i #i am #laziest #worlds #writer

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. ↗

— Tom Petty

#bad #came #electric #electric guitar #first

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. ↗

— Liz Phair

#collaborating #difficult #fact #i #independence

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also. ↗

— John Phillips

#case #holds #sing #songwriters #traditionally

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#get #greats #guess #history #i

I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#directed #film #first #i #like

I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to mine. Write the books, spit three times over your shoulder and you're safe. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #happen #happening #horrible #horrible things

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #carpet #find #footing #going

If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and a penis? That doesn't make sense. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alive #award #between #book #called