#written

A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#cases #characteristic #commercial #composers #down

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul. ↗

— Dornford Yates

#high #high time #his #pray #pray for

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches. ↗

— Bruce Vilanch

#i #pitches #screenplays #sold #were

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings. ↗

— Ric Flair

#feelings #hurt #none #written

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#inevitable #magic #seems #will #word

Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#banal #banality #before #carefully #danger

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me. ↗

— David Friedman

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And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ↗

— Robert Frost

#had #i #lover #me #my own

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world. ↗

— Robert Frost

#i #lover #me #quarrel #stone

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#anyone #anything #i #publish #relieved