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, LAST WORDS![]()
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a ye...
CYNTHIA VOIGT Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different...
BARBARA KRUGER I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's...
AARTI SEQUEIRA![]()
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contr...
GAIL DEVERS I think when we were starting out, it was more about imitating our songwriting heroes. We would try ...
ADAM SCHLESINGER![]()
I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before ...
A. S. BYATT I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like ...
P. J. HARVEY![]()
I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something th...
LAURA MVULA I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but n...
SADIE JONES When I write for 'n+1,' I begin by doing a lot of reading, to try to convince myself I'm...
CHAD HARBACH I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I...
NATHANIEL RICH![]()
When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the p...
MICHAEL MORPURGO I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop. At the time that I am bored or...
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG![]()
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write lik...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN![]()
When I write a screenplay - and I think it's one of the reasons why it was frustrating for me ju...
JAMES GUNN![]()
I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and...
JIM DALE I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that ...
AL YANKOVIC When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things...
JON FAVREAU![]()
I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.
DARREN CRISS I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.
EMILY GIFFIN![]()
Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light...
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's k...
JOHN DARNIELLE When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book....
LINDA SUE PARK![]()
I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in ho...
MOBY![]()
I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to giv...
CASS MCCOMBS I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so muc...
JANE WIEDLIN I guess, over time, I had convinced myself that I could imagine what it would be like to lose a son ...
JOHN F. KELLY I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit ...
JUSTIN VERNON![]()
With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.
KATY PERRY I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's wri...
BILL CALLAHAN My body doesn't have a lot of curves; I have small breasts, I don't have hips - so I'm n...
SARA SAMPAIO Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS![]()
I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I&...
EMINEM My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every ...
CHRIS BOHJALIAN And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w...
PRISCILLA AHN![]()
The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff ...
CHRISTINA MILIAN![]()
Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.
SOULJA BOY![]()
I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chron...
JOYCE CAROL OATES![]()
I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. Bu...
AVICII![]()
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so m...
IRELAND BALDWIN![]()
Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of ...
ELLIE GOULDING![]()
I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd ...
SHAILENE WOODLEY![]()
I'm usually writing in English, and then I'll get the hankering to change channels. And usua...
JUAN FELIPE HERRERA It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I...
CAMILO VILLEGAS![]()
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to ma...
DOLLY PARTON![]()
I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.
AVA DELLAIRA![]()
I don't expect people to forget my brash words or deeds. But I ask that they try to remember the...
GEORGE WALLACE Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th...
LANGHORNE SLIM It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as ...
EMILY ROBISON I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them wer...
DOUGLAS HODGE![]()
I just try to make people think. I don't try to shock them or scare them. I just try and get them to...
MARILYN MANSON I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,'...
BILLY HOWLE To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
DAVID GRANN Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That'...
PAUL LEPAGE![]()
Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and cre...
MELISSA ETHERIDGE I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your l...
ABIGAIL BRESLIN I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.
LEE RYAN I'm just entirely too honest to hide it completely. I try to do plays on words; I try to say things ...
CALEB FOLLOWILL![]()
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, t...
JACKIE EVANCHO![]()
People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
OLLY MURS![]()
I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.
BEYONCE KNOWLES I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.
JEFF KOONS I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, '...
HANK AZARIA![]()
I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignor...
WILBUR SMITH I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doin...
ANGIE MARTINEZ![]()
I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am...
CHARLI XCX It's fun to use a capo 'cause you can get the strings to really have a bell-like sound. It's a thing...
CARL WILSON![]()
I try not to be but I'm super-neurotic about diet. I'm neurotic about trying not to be neuro...
GWEN STEFANI I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peace...
CHRIS ISAAK I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. An...
GUY CLARK![]()
Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's lik...
LARRY DAVID![]()
I do not say words, which you want to hear. The words just told me, to write them down.
TOBA BETA![]()
I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like p...
GARY VAYNERCHUK I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're gratef...
NAOMIE HARRIS![]()
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like co...
BJORK I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriou...
JASON ISBELL I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that....
A.J. STYLES Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and rew...
J. R. MOEHRINGER I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, ...
DAN WEBSTER![]()
I try not to tweet too much; I'm a really sporadic tweeter. I will tweet nonstop for, like, 3 da...
ELIZABETH GILLIES![]()
I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary...
ANDY WARHOL![]()
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make...
DAVID MCCULLOUGH
, LAST WORDS
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a ye... CYNTHIA VOIGT Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different...
BARBARA KRUGER I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's...
AARTI SEQUEIRA
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contr... GAIL DEVERS I think when we were starting out, it was more about imitating our songwriting heroes. We would try ...
ADAM SCHLESINGER
I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before ... A. S. BYATT I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like ...
P. J. HARVEY
I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something th... LAURA MVULA I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but n...
SADIE JONES When I write for 'n+1,' I begin by doing a lot of reading, to try to convince myself I'm...
CHAD HARBACH I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I...
NATHANIEL RICH
When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the p... MICHAEL MORPURGO I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop. At the time that I am bored or...
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write lik... ANTHONY BOURDAIN
When I write a screenplay - and I think it's one of the reasons why it was frustrating for me ju... JAMES GUNN
I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and... JIM DALE I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that ...
AL YANKOVIC When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things...
JON FAVREAU
I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs. DARREN CRISS I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.
EMILY GIFFIN
Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light... WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's k...
JOHN DARNIELLE When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book....
LINDA SUE PARK
I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in ho... MOBY
I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to giv... CASS MCCOMBS I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so muc...
JANE WIEDLIN I guess, over time, I had convinced myself that I could imagine what it would be like to lose a son ...
JOHN F. KELLY I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit ...
JUSTIN VERNON
With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. KATY PERRY I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's wri...
BILL CALLAHAN My body doesn't have a lot of curves; I have small breasts, I don't have hips - so I'm n...
SARA SAMPAIO Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS
I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I&... EMINEM My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every ...
CHRIS BOHJALIAN And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w...
PRISCILLA AHN
The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff ... CHRISTINA MILIAN
Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant. SOULJA BOY
I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chron... JOYCE CAROL OATES
I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. Bu... AVICII
To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so m...
IRELAND BALDWIN
Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of ... ELLIE GOULDING
I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd ... SHAILENE WOODLEY
I'm usually writing in English, and then I'll get the hankering to change channels. And usua... JUAN FELIPE HERRERA It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I...
CAMILO VILLEGAS
When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to ma... DOLLY PARTON
I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try. AVA DELLAIRA
I don't expect people to forget my brash words or deeds. But I ask that they try to remember the... GEORGE WALLACE Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th...
LANGHORNE SLIM It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as ...
EMILY ROBISON I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them wer...
DOUGLAS HODGE
I just try to make people think. I don't try to shock them or scare them. I just try and get them to... MARILYN MANSON I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,'...
BILLY HOWLE To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
DAVID GRANN Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That'...
PAUL LEPAGE
Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and cre... MELISSA ETHERIDGE I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your l...
ABIGAIL BRESLIN I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.
LEE RYAN I'm just entirely too honest to hide it completely. I try to do plays on words; I try to say things ...
CALEB FOLLOWILL
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, t... JACKIE EVANCHO
People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile. OLLY MURS
I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about. BEYONCE KNOWLES I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.
JEFF KOONS I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, '...
HANK AZARIA
I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignor... WILBUR SMITH I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doin...
ANGIE MARTINEZ
I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am... CHARLI XCX It's fun to use a capo 'cause you can get the strings to really have a bell-like sound. It's a thing...
CARL WILSON
I try not to be but I'm super-neurotic about diet. I'm neurotic about trying not to be neuro... GWEN STEFANI I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peace...
CHRIS ISAAK I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. An...
GUY CLARK
Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's lik... LARRY DAVID
I do not say words, which you want to hear. The words just told me, to write them down. TOBA BETA
I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like p... GARY VAYNERCHUK I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're gratef...
NAOMIE HARRIS
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like co... BJORK I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriou...
JASON ISBELL I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that....
A.J. STYLES Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and rew...
J. R. MOEHRINGER I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, ...
DAN WEBSTER
I try not to tweet too much; I'm a really sporadic tweeter. I will tweet nonstop for, like, 3 da... ELIZABETH GILLIES
I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary... ANDY WARHOL
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make... DAVID MCCULLOUGH
No pressure, no diamonds. 
If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspect... 
It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passi... 
I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic resear... 