#write

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#die #happy #i #if i could #perfect

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#experience #fellow #letter #lot #means

Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#arguing #art #arts #conversely #discoveries

My personal view is that until there is a disincentive to write lies and abusive comments it's going to continue. ↗

— Heather Mills

#continue #going #lies #personal #until

I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we like telling stories, which makes a lot of us lean towards being writers or actors or directors. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#comes #directors #history #i #interest

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#report #responsibility #singer-songwriter

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#i #i can #opera #rock #songs

How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#did #doing #episodes #first #had

My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#always #because #came #challenging #cloudy

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open. ↗

— Herman Melville

#helplessly #impossible #oneself #open #talk