I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. Use this quote
The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine. Use this quote
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.' Use this quote
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. Use this quote
I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next letter. I went to bed. Eight o'clock the next morning I was up writing again. Use this quote
I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term. Use this quote
I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time. Use this quote
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Use this quote
There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford. Use this quote
I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women. Use this quote
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. Use this quote
I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. Use this quote
It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later. Use this quote
I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material. Use this quote
One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't work on this mirror principle, you don't have an exact replica on the left of what you have on the right. It just doesn't work that way. Use this quote
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world. Use this quote
It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies. Use this quote
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use. Use this quote
I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry. Use this quote
Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. Use this quote