Brad Thor Quotes

What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is.

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  Ed Westwick
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• Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.

  

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• The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
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• There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.

  

  Beck
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• But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

  

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• I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.

  

  Sammy Cahn
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• I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

  

  Ted Shackelford
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• I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.

  

  Randy Owen
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• We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.

  

  J. A. Konrath
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• I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.

  

  Mac DeMarco
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• Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
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• I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
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• While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.

  

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• I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

  

  Katey Sagal
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• Tell your idea to whomever will listen, and you'll get valuable market feedback before writing a single line of code.

  

  Aaron Patzer
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• The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.

  

  Halsey
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• I'm so convinced that hiking helps my writing that I recently decided to offer a series of hiking-writing workshops to see if others had the same experience.

  

  Kate Klise
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• It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

  

  Dani Shapiro
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• I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

  

  Gavin Bryars
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• Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.

  

  Piers Anthony
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• It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

  

  Anne Tyler
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• In the Marine Corps, you meet this really broad segment of the country; you're working with people from all kinds of backgrounds. And it exposes you to the American military, particularly the American military at war.

  

  Phil Klay
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• I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

  

  Nancy Lublin
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• What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is.

  

  Brad Thor
  • Writing
  • Criticism