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Ken Scott Quotes

Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.

Ken Scott

Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.

Tags: education, long words, simplicity, writing

Life is indeed a storm and while there are times you can sit and watch from the safety of a window pane there are moments you need to grit your teeth and take on the wind and the rain.

Ken Scott

Life is indeed a storm and while there are times you can sit and watch from the safety of a window pane there are moments you need to grit your teeth and take on the wind and the rain.

Tags: determination, life lessons, life living, resolve

About Author
Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is an English record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, David Bowie, Duran Duran, the Jeff Beck Group, Supertramp, and many more.
As a producer, Scott is noted for his work with David Bowie, Supertramp, Devo, Kansas, the Tubes, Ronnie Montrose, Level 42, Missing Persons, among others.
Scott was also influential in the evolution of jazz rock, pioneering a harder rock sound through his work with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Dixie Dregs, Happy the Man, and Jeff Beck.

My job takes up many daylight hours, it wakes me in the still of night and fills my head with ghosts and monsters but I love it, telling stories is what I was born to do.

Ken Scott

My job takes up many daylight hours, it wakes me in the still of night and fills my head with ghosts and monsters but I love it, telling stories is what I was born to do.

Tags: fiction, life of a writer, writing, writing fiction

Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End

Ken Scott

Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End

Tags: fiction novel, fiction writing, writing life

It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to ease those words onto the page.

Ken Scott

It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to ease those words onto the page.

Tags: drinking, drinking heavily, fighting, whoring, writing

Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land.Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention

Ken Scott

Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land.Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention

Tags: boxing, life, philosophy of life

Many a good story has been found in the bottom of a decent Rioja.

Ken Scott

Many a good story has been found in the bottom of a decent Rioja.

Tags: good story, rioja, writing process