Written Quotes
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I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written.
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I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.
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The first line of I Am The Walrus was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko.
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All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.
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It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!
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I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.
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There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.
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Why did you want an addendum to what you had already written and signed?
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. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .
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I love the songs we've written together [with Ivo Moring] and believe that Rock music is coming back with a vengeance. There are a lot of new and exciting things on the horizon and the next chapter is going to be amazing.
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Take the time you need to learn the craft. Then sit down and write. When you hand over your completed manuscript to a trusted reader, keep an open mind. Edit, edit, and edit again. After you have written a great query letter, go to AgentQuery.com. This site is an invaluable resource that lists agents in your genre. Submit, accept rejection as part of the process, and submit again. And, of course, never give up.
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I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh.
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Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
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Not only is history written by the winners, it is also made by them.
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Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.
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Publication is almost certainly a punishment for having written a book.
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When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that they see the song.
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I think 'Bittersweet' is one of the best songs ever written. The idea of it just really spoke to me.
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I haven't written adult fiction, but I do not sugarcoat grief - or what I expect grief to be.
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Anything good that I have written has, at some point during its composition, left me feeling uneasy and afraid. It has seemed, for a moment at least, to put me at risk.
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There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!
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I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written
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History is written by the winners.
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I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: "From wherever you are, enter and be welcome". Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him.
