#writing

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

— Warren Zevon

#between #line #songwriting #thin

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

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#fond #fond memories #give #i #interesting

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. ↗

— Angela Carter

#book #bring #experience #history #like

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album. ↗

— Deana Carter

#always #approach #been #end #hopeful

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting. ↗

— Rosanne Cash

#find #gives #i #just #me

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#effect #half #leisure #little #movement

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#approached #does #i #mean #means