#writing

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#between #line #songwriting #thin

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody. ↗

— David Bowie

#am #amount #backing #everybody #extraordinary

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing. ↗

— David Bowie

#away #does #i #longer #me

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks. ↗

— Mark Udall

#against #any #benefits #doctor #effects

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#idleness #labor #writing #yet

I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind of get to become this character, and I can make that whatever I want to make that. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#character #feel #get #i #i can

I can't help but laugh at all of you writing fake stories about me. I was not in any hit and runs. I don't drink so the DUI is false. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#any #drink #fake #false #help

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff. ↗

— David Byrne

#any #i #plan #started #stuff

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#artist #because #bells #bells and whistles #big