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song
I am always happy to use my song and dance training. Tamara Tunie
songs
I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me. Valerie June
song wall trying
I love the balls-to-the-walls rule-breaking approach the Beatles had in the studio (which I emulate), although I don't try to make my songs "sound" like their songs. But every time I crank a knob of some piece of equipment, or plug an instrument into the "wrong" amp/effect, I am channeling the Beatles. Alan Cohen
song home singing
In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home. Alan Cohen
song writing ideas
I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically breathe, and let my ideas flow. Alan Cohen
songwriter
I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song. Sammy Cahn
songs wrote
But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs. Neil Innes
song college language
Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction. Barack Obama
songs yang
There are songs where no matter how much you know you shouldn't - like the Ying Yang Twins' 'Shake' - I'll be in a dress, and I'll krump to it. It's horrible! Anna Chlumsky
characters known magical offers
I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans. Will Poulter
characters plot surprise takes
I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind. Vikas Swarup
characters realise sets until unusual upbringing visiting
I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal. Emilia Fox
characters check meant might pilot sort
The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to be, but there's so many boxes you have to check off on a pilot that it can sort of hurt the storytelling in a way. Michael Spiller
characters giving hear opposed television
In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons. Bruce Eric Kaplan
characters love
I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely. Brina Palencia
character corner events filming impact surprise turn
We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story. Barbara Kopple
characters either suppose
I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters. Deborah Eisenberg
characters days early education fabric powerful rich shakespeare understood woven
From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that in a culture rich with storytelling and fantastical tales, Shakespeare's characters and storylines resonated in a powerful way. Felicity Kendal
thinking enemy looks
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. Samuel Butler
thinking etc remember
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. Samuel Butler
thinking religion way
Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since. Samuel Butler
thinking absence unthinkable
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. Samuel Butler
thinking imagination acting
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination. Christina Ricci
thinking poverty causes
The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking. Alan Cohen
thinking closest
The thoughts you think when you are happiest are the closest to the truth. Alan Cohen
thinking ego persons
To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip. Alan Cohen
thinking runway
Whatever you think and talk about paves the runway for what you will create. Alan Cohen