#writing

if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#food

How do you write about something, even something real and painful-like suicide-when all of the writing that's been done on that subject has robbed you of any originality of expression? ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#marriage

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#because #different #essays #i #interested

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

#between #books #choose #contradiction #days

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream. ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#actually #being #dream #game #going

I just inhaled kimchi ramen. Nose on fire. Next chapter may be obscured by tears. ↗

— MCM

#food #humor #writing-life #food

Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing. ↗

— David Knopfler

#act #aspects #barrel #business #control

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#another #come #depends #different #doing

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#away #brings #cast #day #i

I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#chamber #composers #groups #i #like