#rite

The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight. ↗

— John Barton

#combined #draft #elements #experiment #first

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business. ↗

— Kim Basinger

#business #day #favorite #i #i remember

I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me. ↗

— Lance Bass

#favorite #favorite things #grew #i #i love

I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans. ↗

— Lance Bass

#been #book #fans #i #many

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. ↗

— Mario Batali

#book #college #day #different #dirty

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#among #even #fact #feels #france

But I don't write about sex for today's teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I'm more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn't really change that much from one generation to another. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#another #boots #change #either #exactly

Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. ↗

— Sean Bean

#aristocratic #battlefield #because #bit #character

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#i #i think #i write #me #mysterious

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#called #could #doing #favorite #i