William T. Vollmann
Related If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you&#... DOROTHY STRATTEN J. D. SOUTHER DAVID BOWIE I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bo... ELIZABETH STROUT ANN HOOD I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can'... CAROLINE LEAVITT J. K. ROWLING It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know... EARL SWEATSHIRT ELMORE LEONARD RAY CHARLES LOU REED I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't li... ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY KELSEA BALLERINI STEVEN WRIGHT ZARA LARSSON Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work.... DAKOTA FANNING I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's k... JOHN DARNIELLE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON LISA LOEB KARL ROVE I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I... NATHANIEL RICH AASIF MANDVI If India hadn't become a troubled space for me, somehow I wouldn't have any reason to write ... KARAN MAHAJAN It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman... SEAN BIGGERSTAFF I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's script... DEREK CIANFRANCE TOM BODETT S. E. HINTON I'd love to maybe try writing. I don't know if I'd publish anything, but as a hobby, it&... EMMA ROBERTS I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, ... JAMES LEE BURKE BILLY COLLINS I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's ... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side... EVE CHINUA ACHEBE AVRIL LAVIGNE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's no... CHRIS STAPLETON I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or st... TOM PERROTTA BO BURNHAM GAIL DEVERS ANDREA BOCELLI I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff f... STEVE FORBERT OLIVIA COLMAN I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do i... JEFF ROSS I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that... CHARLES M. BLOW ALEXA CHUNG DENIS LEARY I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read nov... KAREN TRAVISS I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I wr... LOUIS L'AMOUR Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can&... JAMIE BLACKLEY SARAH ADDISON ALLEN PAIGE VANZANT On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on... TAYLOR SCHILLING I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it b... NAYVADIUS CASH ANDREA BOCELLI I'm a city boy. I grew up in a big city, in Birmingham, and I want to write about a city. It'... MARK BILLINGHAM There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might... CHRIS YOUNG ADELAIDE KANE I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so muc... JANE WIEDLIN It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would ... PETER DOIG Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums beca... HANS ZIMMER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there ar... RANDY HOUSER GARY VAYNERCHUK I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring my... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES WALTER BECKER There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I ... CAT POWER I write what I want to write, and then, when it's finished, I use my judgment to see whether or ... JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN ACTION BRONSON NANCY FARMER I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I e... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It's beyond my control who's going to cast me or how you're going to pigeonholed, so for... BRADLEY COOPER OPRAH WINFREY DAVID A. ADLER It's way easier to write for other people. Yourself isn't in it. When you write for yourself... SAM DEW IGGY AZALEA TAVI GEVINSON TED ALLEN The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy ... ERIC BROWN Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn... BARBARA MERTZ The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be inc... PAUL WESTERBERG SKRILLEX ZOE SUGG JACK LEMMON It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me. ANNA NICOLE SMITH JOHN HURT I'm just me. I'm just very opinionated. I react to whatever I see. If it's good, it'... MEL B SPIKE MILLIGAN KENNY G BARBARA KINGSOLVER There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just f... LA INDIA HILARY MANTEL BEYONCE KNOWLES I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require. GARRY WILLS Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've fill... BLAKE MYCOSKIE I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too ... OTTO FRANK DAN CASTELLANETA MATTHEW QUICK
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PUSHA T ICE T I don't even know how to think about running out of things to talk about. Certain things are ine... PUSHA T I make a timeless music. I think I've made my mark as a lyricist and as an innovator and as a ta... PUSHA T MR. T ICE T ICE T MR. T ICE T I’m always soft for you, that’s the problem. You could come knocking on my door five years from ... AZRA T. MR. T ICE T He didn’t know what beget what, but he quickly learned that people with money to hide were powerfu... T. MOUNTEBANK MR. T I felt like when I got with Kanye, and we discussed me being on G.O.O.D. Music, he just really took ... PUSHA T Time never changes things..It only give us the space to change it. RAMANATHAN T Dog's just want to sniff an ass and eat some food. ICE-T ICE T MR. T MR. T ICE T Love is always the reason to go on with life. Love is the answer to all the problems. SAKTHIVEL T ICE T You can think about killing yourself a thousand times a day and each time it gets just a little bit ... 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LEE It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good examp... YUAN T. LEE We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing f... YUAN T. LEE The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great an... T. B. JOSHUA The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose. JOHN T. FLYNN I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was ha... T. V. CARPIO As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things. T. V. CARPIO We don't find it tough to sell gold; people love to buy jewelry. The only way to make your wife,... T. S. KALYANARAMAN I don't calculate my net worth. T. S. KALYANARAMAN Be as transparent as you can in your trade. The big thing in life is trust. T. S. KALYANARAMAN A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity. T. S. KALYANARAMAN I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness. T. S. KALYANARAMAN They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.... T. R. KNIGHT David Mamet's writing is pretty spectacular, obviously. I like the honesty of it; I like how fun... T. R. KNIGHT For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it... T. R. KNIGHT In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money. T. R. KNIGHT The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are... T. R. KNIGHT I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessar... T. R. KNIGHT We actors have it pretty easy and pretty hard. Easy 'cause we have a meal provided to us every 6... T. J. THYNE I think the people who probably have it the best are the people on cable like on 'Entourage'... T. J. 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I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't wa... 
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa... 
I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... 
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in... 
I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I... 
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's... 
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write ab... 
The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to b... 
I don't go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it's contrived and force... 
For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. ... 
There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and ... 
It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. 
I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't... 
Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed... 
How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the r... 
I try to write very fast. I don't revise very much. I write the poem in one sitting. Just let it... 
Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I... 
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about somet... 
I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can&#... 
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contr... 
I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling... 
If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestl... 
My brain is a big cluster of stuff. It moves quickly and loses focus quickly, so I need many project... 
I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,... 
There's an old hymn called 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' That's what writing feels ... 
I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... 
It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps m... 
I wouldn't give up my career for somebody. The most important thing to me is my work, and reachi... 
I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter t... 
There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that ... 
Penmanship means a lot to me. I don't have cursive penmanship, though. I've created my own p... 
Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other t... 
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. An... 
In my office I have a sign that says, 'Don't think. Just write!' and that's how I wo... 
It's different, it's weird to say, 'She's a white rapper or she can't do this be... 
If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, a... 
It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get... 
I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'l... 
It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself. 
It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it'... 
Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not diffidence. I just know ... 
I can't stand being late. I try to be professional. I try not to let people down. But people let... 
I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or acc... 
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to unde... 
Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't ... 
For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and ... 
It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right... 
When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can w... 
As I get older, I find myself getting angrier and angrier. Doubtless, change itself, not to mention ... 
I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a go... 
Whenever we have an opportunity to engage with each other as human beings and to minimize the differ... 
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell. 
War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to lea... 
The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. I... 
Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile; they are commonly planted too close. 
There are no atheists in foxholes. 
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what ... 
I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z. 
Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen. 
Most geniuses are weird. 
I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel. 
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm h... 
Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too ma... 
WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in th... 
I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules. 
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to... 