"To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing."

-- Sam Shepard

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Play Quotes

“What are these voices outside love's open door, make us throw off our contentment, and beg for something more?”
“She drowned in words that could not teach her how to swim.”
“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”
“Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it.”

Source : "Davos: Quiet Optimism Rises, Angelina Who?, and a Bonus to Giving Idea" by Cameron Sinclair, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 30, 2009.
“Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.”
“The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.”
“Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.”
“Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies”

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