I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore.
Songs are your best teachers. I try to learn something from every song I hear
Never let reality get in the way of truth
Don't be afraid to write crap - it makes the best fertilizer. The more you write the better your chances of growing something wonderful.
YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. . . . Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.
What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.
Metaphors are not user-friendly. They're difficult to find and difficult to use well. Unfortunately, metaphors are a mainstay of good lyric writing-indeed of most creative writing. . . . metaphors support lyrics like bones.
Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women - two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians - have rendered the notion of "capitalist democracy" into an oxymoron.
A right rule for a club would be,-Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic.
We have our brush and colors - paint Paradise and in we go.
A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.