Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
Quotes to Explore
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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All autobiography is storytelling; all writing is autobiography.
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Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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Beyonce is very special. I think the super-pop thing that supposedly died with Michael Jackson is still there with her.
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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I am not an easel-kisser.
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Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested in the picture book section anymore. It's filled with moms, strollers, and unbalanced toddlers.
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There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.
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There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not afraid to take risks.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
