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I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."

Billy Joel
starswritingsong

When you're on a staff, it's not your job to write what you think is funny. It's your job to write what the person who created the show thinks is funny.

Billy Lawrence
writingjobsthinking
The writing is what's most important to me. by Billy Lawrence

The writing is what's most important to me.

Billy Lawrence
importantwriting
With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pu... by Billy Lawrence

With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pulled away from the writing.

Billy Lawrence
successfulwriting

Brit Marling smartest girl I've ever met. Hands down. Brilliant. Her story? She had a graduate degree from a top tier school and turned down a job with some big company. She went to LA, said she was going to be an actress. She wasn't getting auditions, so she started writing her own films.

Billy Magnussen
girlwritingschool

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.

Billy Ray Cyrus
inspirationwritingsong
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyric... by Billy Sherwood

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

Billy Sherwood
wellswriting
I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy. by Billy Sherwood

I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.

Billy Sherwood
enjoywriting
In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or th... by Billy Strayhorn

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.

Billy Strayhorn
uniquewritingorder
A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a lette... by Billy Strayhorn

A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.

Billy Strayhorn
effortletterswriting

I don't blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don't know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.

Billy the Kid
storieswritingbelieve

Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about. So simple. You've got to catch it through details, like the early morning sunlight hitting the gray tin of the rain spout in front of her house. The ringing of a telephone that sounds like Beethoven's "Pastoral." A letter scribbled on her office stationery that you carry around in your pocket because it smells of all the lilacs in Ohio.

Billy Wilder
rainwritingmorning

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

Billy Wilder
ableactorswriting
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in... by Billy Wilder

If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.

Billy Wilder
realwritingfirsts
The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with... by Billy Wilder

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

Billy Wilder
playing-with-firefirewriting

When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth.

Billy Wilder
eightwritingchildren
The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe... by Bin Ramke

The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.

Bin Ramke
doewritingbelieve

If writing is your passion, write and don't let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don't need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.

Bindu
passionwritingjobs
I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to c... by Biz Stone

I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.

Biz Stone
softwareablewriting

I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.

Biz Stone
careagewriting
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