“I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.” FeelsWritingSometimesStatesSongLostConstantTranslationsLost In Translation Author:Laura Marling
“I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer... no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide.” WritingStatesReaderConscienceUniversityJournalismJournalistColumnsLoftyArizonaColumnists Author:Laurie Notaro
“Part of the main plan of imperialism... is that we will give you your history, we will write it for you, we will re-order the past...What's more truly frightening is the defacement, the mutilation, and ultimately the eradication of history in order to create... an order that is favorable to the United States.” GivingWritingStatesPastOrderUnitedUnited StatesPlansTyrannyTyrantsFrighteningImperialismMutilation Author:Edward Said
“In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.” ThinkingWayWritingKindStatesMaine Author:Elizabeth Strout
“Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you write because you can't not write. The rest is show-business. I can't state that too strongly. Just write - worry about the rest of it later, if you worry at all. What matters is what happens to you while you're writing the story, the poem, the play. The rest is show-business.” PeopleIfsWritingI CanMatterStatesPlayStoriesShowsHappensWorryConfusedPublishingWhat MattersShow Business Author:Peter S. Beagle
“You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.” WayWantWritingSelfStatesOrderSituationPovertyConstant Author:Tom Waits
“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.” NeedsWritingStatesBlackWhiteUnitedUnited StatesWrittenIndianAsianLatinoCaribbean Author:Carlos Fuentes
“In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.” WorldWritingStatesDifficultSatire Author:Juvenal
“I've just surfaced from spending several days in a state of rapture: I was reading a book... I felt alive and engaged and positively brilliant, bursting with ideas, brimming with memories of other books I've loved.” WritingBookIdeasStatesReadingFeltMemoriesAliveSpendingBrilliantEngagedPositivelyRaptureBursting Author:Nora Ephron
“I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.” WritingStatesLanguageRaisedEducated Author:Daniel Alarcon
“One of the things that sets the Bible apart from all other ancient religious writings is its scientific accuracy. Without exception, every other ancient religious writing contains certain scientific errors. For example, Muhammad taught in the Qur'an that the sun descends down into a muddy spring. The Hindu Vedas state that the Earth is flat and triangular, that earthquakes are caused by elephants shaking themselves under it. You'll never read absurd statements like those in the Bible.” WritingStatesEarthCertainReligiousSunExampleTaughtSpringBibleErrorsAncientStatementsAbsurdExceptionFlatsElephantsShakingMuhammadEarthquakesAccuracyMuddyVedas Author:Charlie Campbell
“I have spent the last 30 years forming the religious right. I write a letter every week and send a newspaper every month to 200,000 pastors who are broadly called evangelicals, bringing them up to date on what is happening in Washington, in the state capitals, in the culture, and what we need to do about it. And of course I'm criticized for it, and of course I have calculated the positives and the negatives, but I have long been at peace with what I do.” NeedsWritingYearsLongStatesLastsCultureCoursesReligiousWeekMonthsHappeningsLettersNewspapersPastorUp To Date Author:Jerry Falwell
“I've always felt that my relationship to the United States is analogous to a marriage. I love this country. I hate it. I get angry at it. I feel close to it. I'm charmed by it. I'm repelled by it. And it's a marriage that's gone on for let's say at least 50 years of my writing life, and in the course of that, what's happened? It's gotten worse. It's not what it used to be.” FeelsWritingYearsCountryStatesAmericaUsedHateCoursesFeltUnitedUnited StatesGoneHappenedI HateAngryUsed To BeWriting LifeCharmed Author:Norman Mailer