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We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more th...
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NAT KING COLE Even people who work with me don´t know who I´m dating. I just don´t talk about it so that I won�...
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I write to find strength.
I write to become the person that hides inside me.
I write to li...
SHANNON L. ALDER I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's wri...
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SKYLAR GREY![]()
I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embod...
SALMA HAYEK![]()
I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eatin...
GARRETT CLAYTON![]()
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PER PETTERSON Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau...
GREG BEHRENDT![]()
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LAURA DEKKER![]()
We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I...
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Sometimes I get all the credit, and it makes me feel bad because I'm not the only one out here s...
COLE SWINDELL![]()
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're no...
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always wan...
ANEURIN BARNARD I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me...
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RAY DALIO![]()
I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it'...
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BRIAN SANDOVAL![]()
I think probably - I think, you know, when you're first dating somebody, if they're just not...
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JACKIE EVANCHO![]()
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I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write son...
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ETTA JAMES
BENNY BLANCO
I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We'r... KELLY ROWLAND I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they...
ENYA You're not going to hear me sing about being on a tractor or being married... because I don'...
CHRISTIAN KANE
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity ... KRISTIN ARMSTRONG
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where th... ALEX TURNER
I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am. GISELE BUNDCHEN
The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to b... KELSEA BALLERINI
My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA “I write a sentence not because I want to change someone, but because I want them to make their de...
MARK LAMBERT Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what t...
ISAIAH MUSTAFA
We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more th... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA
We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? W... BEBE REXHA
People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN
In California, there are huge problems because of dams. I'm against big dams, per se, because I ... ARUNDHATI ROY I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way...
CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN
What I do onstage, there's maybe .0001 percent of the population that acts like that. I talk lik... LARRY THE CABLE GUY
I tell people I never got to hear Dylan Thomas read because my husband wouldn't let me, because ... CAROLYN KIZER
When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I ... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
I know so many acting careers that are deliberately kickstarted by a publicist placing a bit of rubb... SOPHIA MYLES Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th...
LANGHORNE SLIM
A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albu... VANESSA CARLTON I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.
JOHN C. MCGINLEY
As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're lau... LARRY THE CABLE GUY
Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER The funny thing about me is I'm kind of schizophrenic, because after four or five nights in a ro...
BOB COLACELLO The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their live...
MORRIS GLEITZMAN You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW
I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people ... JEFF BUCKLEY I don't know why modeling worked for me, because I'm short. But I liked it because it let me...
RILEY KEOUGH
I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I... MAURICE SENDAK
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa... DAVID BOWIE
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write becaus... ORHAN PAMUK We all want to be revered for our obsession. Most are not revered because they do not know what they...
JAMES BRADLEY SINCLAIR I think it's very hard to find a good friend. That's why I'm so lucky to have two sister...
KATE UPTON If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportio...
JEREMY GRANTHAM I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, that they're not e...
NAYVADIUS CASH
You do not want to talk to me on the phone. How do I know? Because I don't want to talk to you o... JEFFREY KLUGER
My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity c... GIADA DE LAURENTIIS
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it... CANDACE BUSHNELL I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity. T...
JACK BOWMAN
I know I don't mind sharing my defects, my deficiencies, partly in the hope that someone will he... KARAN JOHAR
Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're ... XAVIER DOLAN What I told you before is still true. I want to know that when you're with me, it's because you want...
AMANDA HOCKING I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there. I also want...
AL ROKER I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want to write music, I want to play music,...
DEREK HOUGH
I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real si... NAT KING COLE Even people who work with me don´t know who I´m dating. I just don´t talk about it so that I won�...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR
Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try ... AMELIA EARHART
I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do... ORNETTE COLEMAN It's not okay to just make up false things about someone, especially in their personal life. Pro...
KERI HILSON I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that...
CHARLES M. BLOW
I write to find strength.I write to become the person that hides inside me.
I write to li...
SHANNON L. ALDER I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's wri...
BILL CALLAHAN
It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, ... CAMRYN MANHEIM
I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I j... SIA 'I Won' is not a love song. It's just me uplifting women in general. I'm giving wome...
NAYVADIUS CASH I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in ...
SKYLAR GREY
I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embod... SALMA HAYEK
I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing. JAMAICA KINCAID
I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eatin...
GARRETT CLAYTON
I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for ... AARON NEVILLE
I use Mac. Not because it's more secure than everything else - because it is actually less secur... KEVIN MITNICK I believe that we're not alone. How can we be alone in an infinite universe? I'm using the w...
ROSE LESLIE It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want ...
DEREK HOUGH
I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM I know women at work who don't talk about having a baby because they don't want to upset the...
TAMSIN GREIG
I've never written anything that I haven't wanted to write again. I want to, and still am, w... AARON SORKIN
I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that w... DANICA PATRICK I come from a working-class family. They're the people I know and the people I love, I guess. I ...
PER PETTERSON Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
HAROLD E. HUGHES I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch...
DANIEL EVERETT I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and ...
TOM JONES
If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me beca... TOMMY SHAW
I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find t... BROOKE SHIELDS
I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... GREG BEHRENDT
I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me. MARILYN MANSON I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever th...
ZACHARY LEVI
When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometime... LOUIS C. K. My parents were in the studio when we cut 'Let Me Try' and every time I sang it they started crying,...
HOPE PARTLOW My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun,...
LAURA DEKKER
We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I... GRAHAM NASH
Sometimes I get all the credit, and it makes me feel bad because I'm not the only one out here s... COLE SWINDELL
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're no... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always wan...
ANEURIN BARNARD I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me...
VALERIE JUNE
I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. Bu... AVICII The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lot...
RAY DALIO
I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it'... MAXINE WATERS I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. ...
BRIAN SANDOVAL
I think probably - I think, you know, when you're first dating somebody, if they're just not... GREG BEHRENDT Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. ...
KATE ATKINSON
I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myse... JACKIE EVANCHO
I write because I love it, not because I excel at it. But because I write, I shall slowly e... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH He said something remarkable to me that I still remember to this day, ... He said, ?The people you?r...
JIM CALHOUN
I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write son... GEORGE HARRISON I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people bec...
TAMSIN GREIG
My parents even let me switch schools, to leave my regular school to go to the producer's school... MARTIN GARRIX
When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm ... ETTA JAMES
