"People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay the rent."

-- Amanda Shires

#Song Quotes #Children Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I think TV is the only place left where you can have a midsize something.”
“If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.163, Penguin
“People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations.”
“The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.”
“For me, the best characters are the ones that feel fully formed inside and out, so I try to have a very clear vision of exactly what they would wear, top to bottom, who they are, what their backstory is, what their family situation is, who are their friends, just creating as much of a three-dimensional character [as possible]. Because I think you could do a very broad character, but as long as there's some emotional truth to them you can get away with really crazy things.”
“When we read our own writing, we all think it clearly expresses what we mean, because when we read it, we are only reminding ourselves of what we had in mind when we wrote it.”
“If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding.”
“What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.”

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