Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.
If you look at the Internet, it's been hard for a lot of the traditional media companies to launch viable brands.
If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
I'm a Democrat because I represent the true traditions of the Democratic Party.
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
Online crime is practically always international, because they almost always cross traditional national borders.
I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.
Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.
Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.
It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.
My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.
Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control.
Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.
I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.
The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.
There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
There's no traditional three act structure - or beginning, middle and end - to a family tree. By its nature, it has almost infinite different branches, or episodes, to explore in every direction.
Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.