Quotes with letter-writing

Quotes 381 till 400 of 486.

  • Bjorn Ulvaeus Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Ann Patchett Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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  • Alexander Downer Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria.
    Alexander Downer
    Australian politician and diplomat (1951 - )
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  • Anita Hill Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Alma Guillermoprieto Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.
    Alma Guillermoprieto
    Mexican journalist
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Calvin Trillin What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • James Thurber When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Arthur Hailey When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.
    Arthur Hailey
    British-Canadian novelist (1920 - 2004)
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  • Brandi Carlile When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my influences, songwriters that had written songs before me and that were more experienced and 20, 30 years older than me.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Alfred P. Sloan When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Ben Marcus When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level.
    Ben Marcus
    American author and professor
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  • Bruce Robinson When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.
    Bruce Robinson
    English actor, director and novelist (1946 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Beyonce Knowles When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Carolyn Chute When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Edith Wharton When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • John Adams When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Enrique Jardiel Poncela When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
    Enrique Jardiel Poncela
    Spanish writer (1901 - 1952)
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