I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something.
Jazz was a bomb. That was also the low point of Mac sales. People had just written it off.
There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
I have never written on any subject unless I believed that the authorities on it were hopelessly wrong.
Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.
'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.
When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't been written yet.
When I bought 'The New York Observer,' my experience in journalism was limited to a single article I had written for a college magazine.
Well, 'The Wellspring' was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience.
I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also put food on the table.
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
The beauty of the characters on 'Justified' is that all the human beings that are written are all flawed. Even with the good guys, you see darkness surface.
Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.
Most rules that you think are written in stone are just societal. You can change the game and really reach for the stars and make the world a better place.
