John Updike
John Updike

I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps.

Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera

I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.

Kali Uchis
Kali Uchis

We're all born into whatever citizenship, circumstances, or class we happen to be born into. Immigrants and so many people in the working class work so hard every day for nickels and pennies and scraps to just barely get by and then realize that this precious life has been completely drained out of us.

Kathe Koja
Kathe Koja

My writing process hasn't changed - it's is the same whether I'm working on a Y.A. novel or, as now, a new novel for adults. A lot of reading, a lot of research if the subject warrants it, a lot of sticky notes and scraps of paper - and get to work.

Leo Fitzpatrick
Leo Fitzpatrick

I just thought it made sense to call a book 'Not Garbage,' even though the majority of it was going to be the scraps from people's studios; like newspaper clippings, weird drawings and stuff they might not necessarily show as artists.

Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams

I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough.

Niger Innis
Niger Innis

The slaves had food stamps, too. It was called 'scraps from Massa's table.'

Owen Jones
Owen Jones

We need global tax justice, not charitable scraps dictated by the fancies of the elite.

Phil Elverum
Phil Elverum

It's really hard just making dinner as a single parent, but I'm figuring it out. I just have to be more focused and efficient with my little scraps of time that I do have.

Ryne Sandberg
Ryne Sandberg

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.