Sam Barry Quotes
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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There are no rules to writing a song.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.
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The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
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I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.
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We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.
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I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.
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I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.
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For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked.
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The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.
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Writing is a discipline, and you have to stay at it. Inspiration will come.
