Quotes About Notes

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

My mom was always writing me notes to get me out of stuff.

Everybody assumes I know everything, so they send me these notes sometimes, and I don't know what they're talking about.

It didn't make a lot of sense for us to be doing Lotus Notes implementations.

Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before.

David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work.

Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.

I don't have a drawer full of ideas. I kind of look around and take notes and wonder what could actually be a whole movie. And each time, I think I'm going to do it more commercial this time; I'm going to get a big budget and make it. But I always come up with some small idea.

I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.

Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don't have to take them. In Hollywood you take them and you cash your check and that's your job. It's very different.

Sometimes the director will want you to write about the character, sometimes he'll want you to live in the location that the character is from or something like that, but I don't usually make a lot of notes or anything like that.

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.

I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.

I've had some strange notes from fans and a few weird gifts.

I like hearing other writers just about the way they approach writing. It gives me energy for my own work. It's weird; I'm always taking notes about fiction when I'm listening to people talk about craft.

Most hiring managers interview a lot of people. So many that they generally have to go back to their notes to remember candidates - the exception being candidates with a strong hook. Sometimes these hooks are how people dress or their personality, but the best hook is a strong story that's work-related.

I think whenever you're around Kanye, you gotta take notes. The advice is taking notes, because everything he does and everything he says is very detailed and very up front. He's always one hundred what he says.

Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice.

I use my phone to record notes or hum melodies. That's how I remember them.

I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically.

I wasn't the best student, and for some reason, I always got music. While other people were having trouble figuring out notes on a page, I could listen to it once and play it back.

I have always kept notes and have kept letters from my friends and mother, which is rather depressing, as it takes you to the past.

My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes. I was playing by ear, following along, but it was such an encouraging environment, I couldn't fail. It was all, 'Yeah baby, you sound real good' no matter what you play. It was a great way to learn.

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.