“Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ... I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.” PeopleWantWritingBelieveSongLeftMy OwnWalksRecordsPleaseOriginalsIntentionSingersLike MeSongwritingSongwritersSinger SongwritersNashville Author:Melissa Manchester
“In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just didn't care. Sometimes they'd ask where that came from and you'd tell them, but you still had to play a bunch of Willie, Waylon, and Merle.” PeopleIfsWritingStillsSometimesPlayCareAsksMaterialsBandOriginalsBunchSongwritingSlipsSay Anything80s Author:Andy Wilkinson
“I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.” ThinkingWritingI CanHandsLove IsOriginalsWriting History Author:David McCullough
“As a young woman, Ama Ata Aidoo the freedom fighter vowed never to write love stories. Let’s delight in the fact that over the years she has changed her mind about the value of writing about love, as her rich edited collection of highly original and diverse ‘African Love Stories’ demonstrates. She has traveled her path and had the courage to grow and change while retaining her deep commitment to Pan- Africanism. Love flourishes, after all is said and done.” WritingYearsMindSaidDoneFactsStoriesYoungValuesGrowsPathRichChangedCommitmentOriginalsDelightLove StoryFighterCollectionsDiverseYoung WomenTraveledSaid And DoneEditedFreedom FighterRetainingAfricanism Author:Amina Mama
“I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.” PeopleWritingYearsOriginalsAdmireAstonishingScreenplaysWoody Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“By remaining constrained in one's environment or country or family, one has little chance of being other than the original prescription. By leaving, one gains a perspective, a distance of both space and time, which is essential for writing about family or home, in any case.” WritingLittlesCountryHomeChanceSpaceCasesEnvironmentPerspectiveEssentialsGainsOriginalsDistanceLeavingTime And SpacePrescriptionsAbout Family Book:I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters Source: I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters
“Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an unusually accessible writing style, Nightclub City is a gritty social history of America's most glitzy fantasies.” WritingCharacterStoriesAmericaSocialCitiesBehindsFantasyStyleSceneResearchOriginalsTerrificGlamorousManhattanColorfulBehind The ScenesNightclubsWriting StyleNightlifeSocial History Author:Debby Applegate
“I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.” ThinkingWritingCharacterStoriesWishFictionFansReaderEssentialsOriginalsUpsetAdviseMy WishWrite Your Own Author:Anne Rice
“The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.” WritingOriginalsEditingRefrainImitatingImitating Others Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.” WritingBookIdeasDifferentCoursesPagesOriginalsGreat Book Author:Carl Hiaasen