"I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside."

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Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.

Barry Mann

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“The peerless cup afloat Of the lake-lily is an urn some nymph Swims bearing high above her head.”
“Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.”
“There are more people who are not straight, white males going to shows.”
“Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.”
“Two-hundred forty horsepower isn't enough to move me anymore. Enough to move my body, yes, but not my soul.”
“Kids are now eating things like edamame and sushi. I didn't know what shiitake mushrooms were when I was 10 - most kids today do.”
“A very big percentage of small-scale construction is plastic. But its some horrible beige plastic made to look like wood.”
“You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.”

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