#write

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#came #cause #changed #early #i

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#any #bad #fool #genius #good

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#chair #crappy #dentist #i #i can

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#enjoying #hopefully #i #i write #music

I would not want to write something about something I do not think about. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#i #i do #something #think #want

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way. ↗

— George W. Bush

#american troops #find #free #history #i

There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#basically #being #bored #boring #death

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. ↗

— Michael Caine

#because #bloody #comedy #difficult #every

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#books #campaigns #countries #endured #experiences