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He said, 'I can't teach someone how to write,' ... He just thought if you were a poet, you wrote poetry.


Anne Wright

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STEVEN WRIGHT I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
STEVEN WRIGHT A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
STEVEN WRIGHT I don't mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outs...
JEFFREY WRIGHT Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.
STEVEN WRIGHT In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be...
STEVEN WRIGHT It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature.
STEVEN WRIGHT Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
STEVEN WRIGHT I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
STEVEN WRIGHT Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
STEVEN WRIGHT In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its po...
ORVILLE WRIGHT I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps yo...
JEFFREY WRIGHT If you're the head of a business, there's a protocol that people have to follow.
ROBIN WRIGHT Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.
ROBIN WRIGHT You have to do the work in your marriage, but it has to be laid on a strong foundation of love.
ROBIN WRIGHT I'm tired of biting my tongue.
ROBIN WRIGHT People buy box sets, and they sit for a whole weekend with a computer on their lap in bed, and they ...
ROBIN WRIGHT You're never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary ...
ROBIN WRIGHT My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it ...
ROBIN WRIGHT Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And h...
ROBIN WRIGHT Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are i...
ROBIN WRIGHT Learning what you don't want is how you know what you do want.
ROBIN WRIGHT Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the s...
ROBIN WRIGHT If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.
ROBIN WRIGHT After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variati...
ROBIN WRIGHT I learned about men from my son.
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