Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.
I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.
I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.
In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.
I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth.
some of the best music was composed by Beethovan,but he was deaf,some of the best poetry of nature was written by Milton,but he was deaf.possible is always inside the impossible...
I have a book of poetry I believe many should read but in each verse you'll discover it wasn't written for greed.
Judy Blume especially sort of broke the boundaries of what is appropriate and what should be written about - what teenagers are actually doing.
When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time.
Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written.
The part in 'Taxi' was originally written for a guy named Phil Ryan, so they made it Phil Banta, and then they made it Tony Banta, which sounded a lot better anyway.
It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing.
If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.
I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys in Bangalore, India.
I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.
I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about.
