Cary Ann Hearst Quotes

I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten seconds, it's gone forever.

Cary Ann Hearst

Quotes to Explore

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
- Time
- Work
- Writing
If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
- Time
- Long
- Song
Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.

Madison Smartt Bell
- People
- Good
- Writing
R&B is the one thing that has influenced every kind of music. Every artist that there is, from those that are sung the most to Adele - you know, she was so influenced by so many R&B artists and soul music - it's clear in her writing that that's where it comes from.

Babyface
- Music
- Writing
- Soul
Octavia Butler often described herself as an outsider, but within science fiction, she was loved as an insider, someone who was a fan first and came to S.F. writing as an enthusiastic reader.

Karen Joy Fowler
- Writing
- Science
- Loved
I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!

Taylor Swift
- Fun
- Song
- Wall