Quotes by Writing Our whole intention was to make a record of songs that we grew up with and change them up a little bit, but we kind of stumbled on writing "Joseph's Lullaby." The irony is when I originally wrote the song, it was called "Mary's Lullaby." I wrote it from Mary's standpoint and it was in a higher key, a real falsetto, and it just wasn't right. One day, the producer's wife said, "Well, it's kind of odd that you're singing from Mary's perspective, being the guy. Why don't you do Joseph? Bart Millard realwritingsong I write ... in order to help ensure that the teeming millions in the New World, for whose sins Christ gave His life, do not continue to die in ignorance, but rather are brought to knowledge of God and thereby saved. Bartolome de las Casas ignorancewritingorder Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds. Baruch Spinoza independentwritingbelieve I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle eights and things that more traditional writers write and I don't usually employ. Bat for Lashes progressionwritingthinking There are a lot of movies out there that I would hate to be paid to do, some real demeaning, real woman-denigrating stuff. It is up to women to change their roles. They are going to have to write the stuff and do it. And they will. Beah Richards haterealwriting If I switch showrunners and I get to stay on the show, I approach it like it's their show, and I'm here to write their music for them. Bear McCreary approachshowswriting It's not hard for me to be honest with my fans because that's what I set out to do from the beginning - I've based my entire career off of just trying to do that for them - but I always kind of forget that my real life friends can hear my music and they can watch my interviews if they want and that's when I get kind of like- "oh..." - I don't necessarily sit down and talk to my friends about all the things that I write my music about, because it's easier for me to write music than to sit and talk to my friends about it sometimes- it's almost like writing in a diary. Beatrice Miller realwritingtrying I think of writing--particularly of writing picture books--as a kind of choreography. A picture book must have pace and movement and pattern. Pictures and text should, together, create the pattern, rather than simply run parallel. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers writingrunningbook It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity. Beatrice Webb identitywould-bewriting There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you. Beatrix Potter storieswritingfirsts The shorter and the plainer the better. Beatrix Potter written-languagelanguagewriting Have you finished your column for tomorrow's headline?" It was Vee. She came up beside me, jotting notes on the notepad she carried everywhere. "I'm thinking of writing mine on the injustice of seating charts. I got paired with a girl who said she just finished lice treatment this morning. Becca Fitzpatrick girlwritingmorning The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that. Becca Fitzpatrick pulsesaidwriting If we hooked up, he could write me ballads and stuff. You gotta admit, nothing's sexier than a guy who writes music. Becca Fitzpatrick guystuffwriting You can't write if you can't relate. Beck relatewritinginspire I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out. Beck spotsstudioswriting Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself. Beck firewritingsong Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way. Beck eightwritingyears I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people I know. I am writing for that small group. They are not necessarily going to be able to read it, but that's what I have in mind when I write. Bei Dao writingpeoplethinking Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. Bei Dao formselfwriting«130131132133134135136137138139140»
