Written Quotes

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.

I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing.

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.

I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money.

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends.

I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs.

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.

It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.

With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for?

When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents.

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.

I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.

I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.

And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.