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		I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Coyne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Doescher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
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		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. Harvey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. R. Moehringer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kary Mullis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tammy Blanchard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. L. Doctorow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At first, I did have that thought, like, 'Oh crap, what are we going to do after?' Then I realized 'Girl in a Country Song' was an honest, truthful song, and we were telling our truth, and that's all we have to do - write songs that are true and tell our stories. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madison Marlow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bebe Rexha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Atkinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Zevin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It's hard for me to understand how poverty can be invisible to so many people, since I see it everywhere. Readers sometimes think this world is so different; on the one hand, they feel connected to the people I'm writing about, and on the other hand, they're saying their lives are a world away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always train 100 percent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Canelo Alvarez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. I. Packer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pythagoras 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sia 
			 
			
				LSD