Famous quotes containing the word write:
“Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that? Well, he gets it from the landlady once a month.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“If ever I should condescend to prose,
Ill write poetical commandments, which
Shall supersede beyond all doubt all those
That went before; in these I shall enrich
My text with many things that no one knows,
And carry precept to the highest pitch:
Ill call the work Longinus oer a Bottle,
Or, Every Poet his own Aristotle.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“Helen: What do you do?
Don: Yes, what do I do? Im a writer. Ive just started a novel. As a matter of fact, Ive started several but I never seem to finish one.
Helen: Well, in that case, why dont you write short stories?
Don: Oh, I have some of those. The first paragraph.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)