#graph

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography. ↗

— John Updike

#few #gagged #his #letters #line

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#combination #comes #felt #i #influences

What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look. ↗

— Chuck Close

#does #front #life #look #looking

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years. ↗

— Joan Collins

#ago #autobiography #book #every #first

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#autograph #back #being #cigarette #fame

This is the best biography by me I have ever read. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#biography #ever #i #me #read

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher. ↗

— David Coverdale

#art #artist #become #could #design

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#concert #create #great #i #i do

My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

#first #nocturnal #photographing #project #serious

But I was right and the real world seemed increasingly nonsensical. Why train for years to do a job you bitched about all day? Didn't it make more sense to follow your dreams and maybe do a little good at the same time? I didn't want to be a lawyer or a bank manager or a goddamn burger flipper. We only get one life and I wanted mine to be exciting... ↗

— Mark Millar

#dreams