#write

Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it. ↗

— Karen Allen

#anything #bad #been #crazy #does

The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#books #fact #get #great #i

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#first #floor #i #i can #melissa

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#songs #ways #write

I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#i #instinctive #try #want #writer

The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#better #fact #mean #ordinary #play

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal. ↗

— Martin Amis

#boldly #every #exemplary #his #hopes

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. ↗

— Tori Amos

#composer #dreams #go #i #i think

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. ↗

— Tori Amos

#compared #feel #getting #occurring #passage

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes. ↗

— Tori Amos

#crew #fun #keep #list #minutes