#written

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. ↗

— Cardinal Richelieu

#give #give me #hand #hang #him

I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written. ↗

— James Rollins

#bit #delving #entire #fact #figure

Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision. ↗

— George Saunders

#being #decisions #during #intention #least

I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#because #call #confidence #day #doing

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs. ↗

— Paul Simon

#artie #beautifully #boxer #bridge #good

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#craft #day #developing #every #every day

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it. ↗

— Patti Smith

#i #just #lot #prose #published

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier. ↗

— Robert Smith

#even #funnier #got #honestly #i

I look for those moments that are "gee whiz" moments. There's some "gee whiz" stories in our show, and they can't be written like A-1 in the Times. They have to be written more like Page 6 in the Post. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#i #like #look #moments #more

In 1795, I sent him another letter, telling him, that danger still stood before us, and that the truth of what I had written in 1792 was to be proved by 12 men. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#before #danger #had #him #i