"In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song it doesn't have to been so autobiographical, but that's a stupid rule to live by as some of my favourite artists' songs, they have a song that you think is about their life [which] probably even isn't, but it's a great song."

-- The Rocket Summer

#Song Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Just tell me one boy, just one who at seven didn't aspire to be a hero or a fireman.”

Source : Miguel Delibes (1990). “The Stuff of Heroes”, New York : Pantheon Books
“Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what you stand for. I can't worry about that.”
“Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought.”
“It is not what is happening to you but rather what is happening in you that determines whether you succeed or fail.”

Source : ERVIN SEALE (1971). “TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN”
“Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants you date, I'm not surprised. You could serve them sawdust and they'd eat it with a smile, dazzled by the swing of your broadsword." "What do you know about the swing of my broadsword?" "More than I care to. Women talk." Which shut him up, as he started wondering who'd said what.”

Source : Angela Knight (2011). “Master of Shadows”, p.67, Penguin
“I love Robert Fripp. You know what I really appreciate about Robert Fripp? He always dresses appropriately for the occasion. When he's on stage, he's a Dapper Dan.”
“I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing.”
“The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.”

Source : Brian Morton (2007). “Breakable You”, p.254, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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