(262 quotes found)
“It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself, especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything else - and I'm satisfied that it should.”
Isaac Asimov
“I just wrote the song sitting in my car waiting for my girlfriend. That's about it, man. You will know what I mean when you hear the song.”
Daron Malakian
“If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.”
Vaclav Havel
“The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet, and of the Devil's party without knowing it.”
William Blake
“I wrote none of these books. I made none of these films. Nor drew the drawings, nor opined at such length on death, sex and the human condition.”
Clive Barker
“At the start, Connie wrote the Polly and Sybil roles, and she and I wrote Basil together,”
John Cleese
“I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.”
James Brown
“You're never going to know who wrote which poem. That's a secret we're going to die with.”
Jim Harrison
“I was wrong, ... I wrote them off. But this is why they are the most determined group of survivors I have ever seen. -- This airline deserves to succeed because they fought back.”
Terry Trippler
“When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter”
Francis Bacon Sr.
