#writes

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life. ↗

— William Rose Benet

#life #lips #poetry #poisoned #who

Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them. ↗

— Julien Green

#author #book #characters #escape #itself

As a very experienced writer once told me, 'It's in the rewrites'. ↗

— Tom Skerritt

#me #once #rewrites #told #very

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself. ↗

— Dario Argento

#every #extent #himself #some #writer

My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#like #plays #sings #son #songs

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#learn #lines #rowling #say #them

Yes, I did some rewrites of the show as some of the stuff was not very good and I worked my butt off to make it something that the audience liked and that I could be proud of. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#could #did #good #i #liked

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever. ↗

— Chris Martin

#artist #band #care #competitive #good

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#actually #around #evidence #looking #most