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When I wrote LIZ PHAIR
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JOHN OLIVE
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ABEL KORZENIOWSKI
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ABU MOHAMMED
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Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine it taking two men to write one song. (when asked "Who wr... COLE PORTER I didn't know Michael Hastings very well, but one thing about him was always obvious - he was bo...
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ASHA BHOSLE
I wrote this song when I was high on magic mushrooms, CHAD KROEGER
I had an amazing feeling when I finally held the tape in my hand. I just thought to myself that in t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY
He's much more of a veteran than I am in the genre, ... He encouraged me to trust my instincts and t... DIANE LANE He was the outstanding musical genius of all time, when you think of how much he wrote and how long ...
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My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids ... VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Yes, I have two books that are about me: one of them I wrote, and the other one was written about me...
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BRUCE COCKBURN
When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'... JOHNNY CASH That's what I thought when I wrote it,
HAROLD KING
I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children w... JAMAICA KINCAID
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. HENRY DAVID THOREAU
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep, I wrote in the dark HENRY DAVID THOREAU I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went ...
TAIYE SELASI
My paternal grandfather, when he was in the army in World War II - he was over in the South Pacific,... STURGILL SIMPSON
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done without it RING LARDNER
In spite of his mildness and timidity in reproving, every one about him knew that on the exceptional... GEORGE ELIOT My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referr...
CHARLIE DANIELS
I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometim... MAYA ANGELOU The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.
KIESZA To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling...
LUKAS FOSS
A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster... DAVID REMNICK I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented...
JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE He wrote a 36-page autobiography that said any member of my family would run into a burning building...
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I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle ad... KATE KLISE
I had wanted to sing a song with Lee Ann for a while, ... I think she's a great singer, and she alwa... GEORGE STRAIT
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Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we d... 
The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. 
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