Ozzy Osbourne Quotes
I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?"
Quotes to Explore
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book.
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Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
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After all these years of cooking and writing recipes, I am still amazed every time I notice how even the minutest of variation in technique can make a spectacular difference.
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Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
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The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.
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By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
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Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.
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Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
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When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.
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When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.
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Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.
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I started writing songs at age 15.
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Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards.
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People used to behave morally because they thought God was always watching - in some ways God today is the collective, and the collective is watching.
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I don't hate the Chinese. We're brothers, and we share a border. I just hate the government, politicians, policies, not the people.
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It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.
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I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?"
