"Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest."

-- Tom Glazer

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Years Quotes

“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”
“What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?”
“Obviously it takes eight brains to come to one decision in this crowd. Good thing they have one another.”

Source : Mari Mancusi (2007). “Girls That Growl”, p.24, Penguin
“Better confide and be deceiv'd, A thousand times, by treacherous foes, Than once accuse the innocent, Or let suspicion mar repose.”
“Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a worrywart.”
“Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.”
“Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.”
“Lovers feel a certain burning in their hearts. A deep longing and desire to meet with the beloved creates that burning. To love God is bound to create a very great fire in you. You will be on fire because you have chosen as your love object something impossible. You will have to weep and cry, and you will have to pray, and you will have to fast, and your mind has to continuously repeat and remember the beloved.”

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