George Bernard Shaw Quotes
They tell me that So-and-So, who does not write prefaces, is no charlatan. Well, I am. I first caught the ear of the British public on a cart in Hyde Park, to the blaring of brass bands,and this . . . because . . . I am a natural-born mountebank.George Bernard Shaw
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
Salman Rushdie -
I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
Harlan Coben -
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
Zadie Smith -
When I write a movie, I write it for me.
Taylor Sheridan -
I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
P. J. O'Rourke -
I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
Patrick deWitt
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
Joanne Rowling -
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
Octavia E. Butler -
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
Gabrielle Zevin -
I write romance because I love to read romance.
Rachel Gibson -
I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
Taylor Swift -
My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
Wendi Deng Murdoch
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
Ed Sheeran -
I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
Taylor Swift -
If you can write it, I can be it.
Karen Black -
'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
L. E. Modesitt -
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
Barbara Mertz
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There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
Earl Weaver -
Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.
Steve Jobs -
I'm more trying to connect; I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o -
I have been gigging around Glasgow and Edinburgh since I was 12. I played in pubs at that age, even though I obviously was too young to be in them. So I used to hide in bathrooms, come out and play my set, then get the hell out as quickly as possible.
Lewis Capaldi -
They tell me that So-and-So, who does not write prefaces, is no charlatan. Well, I am. I first caught the ear of the British public on a cart in Hyde Park, to the blaring of brass bands,and this . . . because . . . I am a natural-born mountebank.
George Bernard Shaw