Edna O'Brien Quotes
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
Ed Westwick -
The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
Natalie Dormer -
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.
Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony -
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
Ornette Coleman -
I like to get to bed with a clear head.
Patricia Cornwell -
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
Carlos Fuentes
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
Yoko Ono -
I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
Zach LaVine -
If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
Salman Rushdie -
If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
Pankaj Mishra -
If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
Frances Farmer -
Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain.
Salman Rushdie
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The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.
A. R. Rahman -
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples.
Ian MacKaye -
My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!
Victoria Justice -
Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.
Takashi Murakami -
If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
Manika -
Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
Talulah Riley
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
Fede Alvarez -
After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love.
Ernest Hemingway -
No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
It's unfulfilled dreams that keep you alive.
Robert H. Schuller -
I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.
Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine -
Writing is like carrying a fetus.
Edna O'Brien