“I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.” ThinkingBigsArtistSongWrittenRefuseMainstreamAppreciatedChorus Author:Ryan Tedder
“I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary life came from reading.” ThinkingFirstsChildrenBigsReadingImaginationWrittenImaginaryFirst LoveWritten WordImaginary Life Author:Zoe Kazan
“Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the tricks of poetry, such as dense imagery. This is a big topic of debate in poetry land. There's no perfect definition.” KindUseBigsLinesPerfectWrittenLandDefinitionsDebateTricksProsePoetry IsTopicsImageryLyricalDense Author:Campbell McGrath
“I've written a number of songs over the years and it's a big part of my life, this sort of tension between a longing for home and the call for the open road. It's sort of like a tug between two families. I even love to miss my home.” YearsTwoHomeBigsSongNumbersWrittenMissingLongingTensionOpen RoadLonging For Home Author:James Taylor
“If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its defects show as huge, its monstrous defects, things even minimal in between some scenes and their possible perfection. It's not the sun with spots; it's a broken greek statue.” IfsShowsBigsSunWrittenRegretHugeBrokenKingsScenePerfectionSpotsGreekDefectsStatuesMonstrousLear Author:Fernando Pessoa
“They have this big book called the 'DSM-IV,' you know, that is supposedly written about crazy people, but I think it is a book that is written by crazy people!” PeopleThinkingKnowsBookBigsWrittenCrazyCrazy PeopleBig Book Author:William Glasser
“Once, I'd written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a puff of smoke coming out of the barrel, and a straight horizontal line, indicating the trajectory of the bullet. So that page was sent back to me from the Code office, saying that the particular panel was too violent. I asked them what they meant, and they told me--I swear--"The puff of smoke is too big." Well, of course. So I had the artist make the smoke a little smaller, and the youth of America was saved.” WellsLittlesStoriesHandsBigsAmericaArtistCoursesLinesWrittenYouthParticularOfficeSixPagesWesternSavedViolentSmokeCodeComing OutSwearBulletsBarrelsTrajectoryPuffHorizontalShooterHand HoldingHorizontal Lines Author:Stan Lee
“Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn't go swimming in warm pools or oceans because your thighs were jiggly or you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It's going to break your heart. Don't let this happen.” PeopleIfsHeartBigsHappensKidsImaginationSpaceBreakNovelCreativeNiceWrittenOceanComfortableWake UpWarmMemoirRadicalStaringWhat IfSwimmingPoolPerfectionismThighsBreak Your HeartJuicyCreative LifeSillinessPleasing PeopleStaring Into Space Author:Anne Lamott
“Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity.” BookBigsWiseWrittenComplexityHeartedRichness Author:Dani Shapiro
“I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.” WantFirstsHeartBookSoulBigsCarePassionBrainWrittenDon't CareWarmI Don't CareFringeCrowdedGarmentsHeart And SoulFelicityBurstingHeart And Brain Author:Gertrude Atherton
“I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat; she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.” ThinkingBigsTogetherSpiritualClassRolesTeacherWrittenChangedShockTwinsComing TogetherTwin Peaks Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call us small w writers-get considerably more feedback than Writers. The letters I personally find most flattering are not the very rare ones that speak well of my editorials, but the occasional reader who wants to know who writes them. I always happily assume the letter-writers is implying that the editorials are so good that I couldn't have written them myself.” KnowsWantWritingWellsRealBigsMightSpeakOpinionWrittenReaderLettersAssumingResponseRewardsFatsPrintFeedbackOccasionalCommentatorsFlatteringEditorialsImplying Author:Malcolm Forbes
“I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.” BigsFilmViolenceWrittenSittingViolent Author:John Ridley
“The broad mass of a nation will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one. The greater the lie, the greater chance that it will be believed. All epoch-making events have been produced not by the written, but the spoken word.” Has BeensBigsLyingFallNationsChanceGreaterWrittenEventsMassVictimBroadsEpochSpoken Word Author:Adolf Hitler
“It's a big thing to call yourself a poet. All I can say is that I have always written poems. I don't think I'm interested in any discussion about whether I'm a good poet, a bad poet or a great poet. But I am sure, I want to write great poems. I think every poet should want that.” ThinkingWantShouldWritingI CanBigsWrittenPoetDiscussionBig ThingsGreat Poet Author:Clive James
“The entire Quran is a big joke. If it was not so violent, it would be the biggest comic book ever written.” IfsBookBigsWould BeWrittenJokesViolentComicComic BookQuran Author:Ali Sina
“Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was "honest."” Has BeensSaidBigsRememberSimplePiecesWrittenHonestBehaviorMusic IsAgreeBlurSimple WordsPersonal Behavior Author:Frank Sinatra
“There are a lot of producers and people in the music industry who take credit for the work of others when it's not actually their work. Especially big producers - they have a song that's written by one guy with a produced mix by someone else and then it's sung by someone else.” PeopleBigsGuySongWrittenIndustryCreditProducersMusic Industry Author:Howard Lawrence
“Over the years I've never written or made movies about political themes 'cause while they do have current critical importance, in the large, large scheme of things, only the big questions matter and the answers to those big questions are very, very depressing.” YearsMadeMatterBigsPoliticalCausesAnswersWrittenImportanceCurrentsCriticalThemeSchemesDepressingBig QuestionsVery Depressing Author:Woody Allen
“I'm not really a director or producer for hire. There's lots of big gigs out there, but I'm not looking to do that. Usually, when I'm directing or producing, I've written it myself. I'm not really trying to get on some big horse that's running through town. I just make my own stuff.” TryingBigsRunningStuffMy OwnWrittenDirectorsHorseTownsProducersGigs Author:Mike White
“I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that.” MadeBigsWrittenEventsLicenseHumorists Author:David Sedaris
“I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.” CharacterBigsNovelWrittenAirBreathe Author:Norman Rush
“If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation.” IfsBigsLightParentBornCitiesWrittenGenerationsTwentiesTaoClicksGaryBig CitiesBright Lights Author:Gideon Lewis-Kraus
“My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.” BelieveMeanI CanWholeBigsLyingWrittenWritten History Book:Dennis Hopper: Interviews Source: Dennis Hopper: Interviews
“Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director didn't do it. So, it was just a Hail Mary to Tim, and Tim said that he wanted to do it and I was like, "That's fantastic!" But, there wasn't a lot of collaboration because he knew what he wanted to do and just did it. There were very minor changes for Big Fish.” FirstsSaidBigsWantedTogetherWrittenDirectorsFishesFantasticCollaborationMaryMinorsHailBig FishHail Mary Author:John August
“I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds, or sometimes three worlds, where you have a normal world and a fantasy world that mix and overlap. I never shy away from the series stuff in the real world. Big Fish is about mortality.” WorldTwoRealSometimesBigsThreeStuffFantasyWrittenNormalSeriesFishesShyMortalityReal WorldTwo WorldsFantasy WorldsBig Fish Author:John August
“I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on.” PeopleKnowsKindLittlesBigsWould BeWantedUsedSongSocialWrittenStageDaydreamingSocial LifeLife Going On Author:Taylor Swift
“It's a very obsessive profession that you need to stay obsessed to get anywhere, and it's very easy for us to get obsessed and then nothing else matters. I was reading Somerset Maugham's novella, Moon and Sixpense, about this artist based on Gauguin's life. It was so beautifully written. You must be first rate because second rate you might not survive. If you're an accountant, you'll survive second rate. If you chance it big, you may not get anywhere.” IfsNeedsFirstsMayMatterBigsMightArtistReadingEasyChanceWrittenMoonRateProfessionObsessedObsessiveAccountantsSecond Rate Author:Joan Chen
“Suddenly, I realized how tough trying to structure a story like this is. It was a lot of work. The one big advantage that we had was that we had eight scripts written before we started shooting, or even started casting. We had a really good opportunity to look at it and figure out where we were going to go and how to do it. Once we got a cast, which I love, then we started doing some revisions to make sure that they fit into it.” TryingLooksStoriesBigsOpportunityWrittenFiguresFitToughAdvantageStructureScriptsCastsEightI RealizedShootingCastingRevisionGood Opportunity Author:Remi Aubuchon
“When you think of diversity, George Duke fits that bill better than a lot of people. He's played a lot of straight-ahead jazz with people like Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley; he's played a lot of fusion with his own groups, with Stanley Clarke; and, you know, he did the rock thing with Frank Zappa. He's written all kinds of big arrangements for people like Burt Bacharach. So, he's covered the board. He's still a great pianist.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindStillsBigsWrittenGroupsRocksFitDiversityBillsJazzAll KindsBoardsCoveredFrankArrangementsDukesPianistWilsonFusionNancyStanleyZappaCannonballs Author:Christian McBride
“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.” WellsDifferentEnoughBigsFormSongCoursesLeftPlansWrittenInfluenceBandDecidedBillsPeterHad EnoughBluegrass Author:David Grisman
“Albom with Trent Willmon is the first project that I haven't had to scrap money together for. The is the first time I've used any outside songs at all; until now it's only been stuff that I've written. This is also the first album of mine that's had any co-writes on it, as well. It's a big step, coming off of anything we've ever done before.” WritingFirstsWellsDoneBigsTogetherUsedSongStuffStepsWrittenHavensMinesProjectsFirst TimeAlbumsScrap Author:Curtis Grimes
“If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.” IfsCountryStatesBigsGovernmentWould BeSchoolPoorRightsWrittenJudgingTaxesGunConstitutionPropertyTrackAidsStuckIncomeBudgetsCorporationsWelfareAgencyArrogantTroopsReservesGun ControlIncome TaxPrivate PropertyMembershipFederal ReserveForeign CountriesFrugalMeddlingForeign AidNaftaStates RightsAmerican TroopsBig CorporationsFederal Judges Author:Ron Paul