“I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I’m going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It’s a kind of discipline.” NeedsWritingTryingKindBookDifferentPlayDisciplineDown AndNotesDifferent ThingsTapeJournal Author:Amy Ray
“I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're existing characters, I'll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you're drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes.” IfsTryingCharacterFeelingsJobsDegreesPaperDrawsIdealsNotesDrawingPlanningComicRoughNails Author:Dave Gibbons
“I try to gauge whether a girl likes me before I make a move. I would write a page-long note to a girl.If she wrote a whole page back, I knew she liked me, too. If she wrote back like two words, then I figured I'd move on.” IfsWritingTryingLongTwoWholeMovingGirlPagesNotesLikesGaugesMake A Move Author:Devon Werkheiser
“As a little kid, I used to lock myself in my room and put on my Whitney Houston CD's and pretend to be her and try and hit every single note that she hit. I used to dream that one day that would be me.” TryingLittlesDreamWould BeKidsUsedRoomsOne DayNotesLocksLittle KidCdsHoustonWhitney Author:Ricki-Lee Coulter
“Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look for the solemn note. Color in nature is never pretty, it's beautiful.” TryingLooksBeautifulBeautyColorNotesUglyDelicateSolemnUgly Things Author:Charles Webster Hawthorne
“Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there is no problem with his syntax, grammar, or vocabulary, even if he happens to be lying. ... On the other hand, our president is extraordinarily tongue-tied when he's trying, off the cuff, to sound a note of idealism, magnanimity or -- especially -- compassion.” IfsTryingProblemHandsHappensPainLyingSoundPresidentCompassionClearSubjectsExampleNotesTongueTiedIdealismVocabularyNo ProblemGrammarMagnanimitySyntaxCuffsTongue TiedInfliction Author:Mark Crispin Miller