#writing

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write. ↗

— Richard Hugo

#artists #poet #poetry #poets #writer

Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. ↗

— Paul Desmond

#learned #like #taught #writing

I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines. ↗

— Fran Drescher

#better #i #like #lines #makeup

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#based #forgotten #good #good reason #happened

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#audience #because #constantly #draw #every

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny. ↗

— Alex Borstein

#control #destiny #developing #doing #i

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#editor #even #free #friends #giving

That's what my life is, writing songs. ↗

— John Cale

#my life #songs #writing

It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

#act #characters #first #first thing #how

None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists who are difficult writers even though some of the best have been very good writers. He should know, moreover, that at least for a few great men ambiguity of expression has been a positive asset. But with these exceptions he may safely conclude that what is wholly mysterious in economics is not likely to be important. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#writing #intelligence