"Nobody believes this, but I write very fast,"

-- Robert Caro

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Do the best you can and never stop.”
“Please don't let me fall.”
“We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.”

Source : Wystan Hugh Auden (2011). “The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue”, p.105, Princeton University Press
“Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life.”
“You can't sing about love unless you know about it.”
“If you look at all the artists I've ever worked with, I'm still blessed enough to have one of the biggest singles of their career. My passion is for them and I put my everything into these songs. i get into their life and what their aesthetic is. That's what's missing from R&B. People don't take it serious enough.”
“If we are deprived of our just due, we naturally experience emotions of anger.”

Source : Smiley Blanton (1956). “Love or perish”
“The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work.”

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