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writing men years
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. Samuel Butler
writing drained
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. Samuel Butler
writing today classic
Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it. Liam Gallagher
writing secret good-writing
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. Mark Haddon
writing want trouble
I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any. Dick Cheney
writing expectations romance
Although I didn't write myself off as a complete failure, all illusion and romance was gone. I was no longer able to inflate myself; I had disappointed my own expectations and was genuinely worried about dying in the streets. John Nersesian
writing trying way
I realized that if you're trying to reach an audience, being as subjective as possible and really trying to write from something genuine is the way to go. Really it's mostly from my own process, my own experience. Christopher Nolan
writing men hands
A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a symphony. Mozart suggested that a symphony was rather an ambitious project for a beginner: perhaps the young man might better try his hand at something simpler first. "But you were writing symphonies when you were my age." the student protested. "Yes, but I didn't have to ask how." James Keller
writing self two
So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing ... Brenda Ueland
thinking enemy looks
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. Samuel Butler
thinking etc remember
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. Samuel Butler
thinking religion way
Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. Samuel Butler
thinking absence unthinkable
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. Samuel Butler
thinking imagination acting
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination. Christina Ricci
thinking poverty causes
The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking. Alan Cohen
thinking closest
The thoughts you think when you are happiest are the closest to the truth. Alan Cohen
thinking ego persons
To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip. Alan Cohen
thinking runway
Whatever you think and talk about paves the runway for what you will create. Alan Cohen
musical richard
No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend. David Gilmour
musicals staggering
The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot. Lin-Manuel Miranda
musical
My desire was never to put out albums; it was to do musical theatre! Kelis
musical
For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell. Mike Nichols
musical theater work
Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! Nathan Lane
musical type
My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill. Cam Newton
musical
Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck. Marsha Norman
musical novel seeks seems sonnet system true wants
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free. Rachel Cusk
musical team unless
Unless you're a musical team. If you're a musical team then that structurally works. But if you're two individuals it can be tricky. Edwin Starr