Quotes by Writing I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen. Carl Sandburg styleliteraturewriting I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had a lot of hard work ahead of me. Carl Sandburg hard-workwritingpast As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not. Carl Van Vechten catinspirationwriting If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that's fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment. Carl Zimmer crazywritingpeople We, Autolux band, write in very different ways; sometimes we play with the band and write music first and then form vocal parts and lyrics. Or I'll find some music, or a guitar part or something, and I'll just write an entire sketch of an idea from that. So I think things have always been that way, it's just that this time around we had some more obstacles off and on all the time. Carla Azar differentwritingthinking Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best. Carla Bley talentbandwriting Now I'm not going to go, "Oh my God, what are people saying about me?" I had a choice to be a student and not become a model, and becoming a doctor was another one of my dreams. I had a choice between not becoming a singer or becoming a songwriter and writing behind the scenes; nobody would have seen me writing songs for other people. I had the choice of not marrying my man; we could have just been hidden lovers, but I couldn't cope with it. I had these choices to do all these things, so I'm not going to cry over a life which has been really lucky. Carla Bruni dreamwritingsong I care about writing music and playing my music. Carla Bruni writing-musiccarewriting I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable. Carlisle Floyd kindfoundwriting I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. Carlisle Floyd appalachiawould-bewriting You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed. Carlisle Floyd fateagewriting It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience. Carlisle Floyd sightwritingpeople A master of tone and texture and an authority on the bizarre, Karen Russell writes with great flair and fearlessness. Carlo Wolff texturetonewriting It’s hard to pin down what makes Weiss’ music so distinctive. Perhaps it’s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat, the outlook positive. The way Weiss writes - passionately, wittily and with respect for his fellow musicians - attests to his talent and appetite for creativity, and suggests a long, enjoyable career. Carlo Wolff creativitycareerswriting Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. Its just their imagination. Other people write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end in December 2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It will be transformed. Carlos Barrios nameswritingpeople The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. Carlos Fuentes blackwhitewriting I need, therefore I imagine. Carlos Fuentes imaginewritingneeds One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death. Carlos Fuentes storieswritingorder You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die. Carlos Fuentes diesendswriting Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other. Carlos Fuentes readingteachingwriting«194195196197198199200201202203204»
