Quotes by Writing I believe that the greatest music is storytelling anyway, in a heightened medium. So I write a lot of music, and I play a lot with my guitar, I still sing a lot, but now I'm more personal about it than public, in a way. I think there will be a time where I'd like to bring the singing back into some of my performances. It all depends if the material's right, if the story's right, if it's my kind of taste in music, as well. It means so much to me. We all know how affective music can be, I just want to make sure when I do it, I'm doing it because I actually feel it and I care about it. Aneurin Barnard writingmeanbelieve Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. Ang Lee kindwritingdirectors When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write... Ang Lee scriptswriting I don't care about writing really. Ang Lee i-dont-carecarewriting The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have the discipline to write what we would term as critique - it's really just reviewers. They have a common man kind of taste. If you watch them overall, they are not different from the box-office. That's my view. Ang Lee viewswritingmen I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation. Angel Olsen mirrorswritingtalking I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is kind of invisible; it's a weird kind of work to have because you're not working, but it's not not work. Formulating your thoughts and making a melody that's catchy enough for people to listen to what you're saying is really hard! Angel Olsen writingsongpeople In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired. Then I started to get into indie-rock and older music and decided I wanted to write my own stuff. I quit the band. Around 16 or 17, I started recording myself at home on keyboard and piano. Angel Olsen homewritingrunning In a lot of senses, things are definitely changing in my life, and with what's going on around me. But I still feel like the writing process is as intimate as it as before, if not more. Because I need my time more than I had before. Angel Olsen writing-processintimatewriting I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind. Angel Olsen mindwritingsong Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven. Angel Olsen singingwritingsong I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to. Angel Olsen writingcharacterway Since my tour (in Japan) just finished, I started writing songs. I was inspired a lot while on the road and I have a lot to say and feel. I want to process those and write it down on paper and put my hands on the keyboard before they become the past. Angela Aki writingsongpast It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal. Angela Alioto hardwritingway A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. Angela Carter what-matterswritingbook I don't really think that writers, even great writers, are prophets, or sages, or Messiah-like figures; writing is a lonely, sedentary occupation and a touch of megalomania can be comforting around five on a November afternoon when you haven't seen anybody all day. Angela Carter lonelywritingthinking Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. Angela Carter readingwritingbook Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. Angela Carter readingwritingbook I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in. Angela Cartwright pieceswritingrooms Im looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long. Angela Sarafyan guywritinglong«6768697071727374757677»
