Wanda Sykes Quotes

Everything I've experienced, things that my friends have experienced and we talk about, things that are on the news - all aspects of life are in my message.

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.

I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.

I write about personal experiences.

Our own lives always influence the way we write.

All my songs are things that have happened to me.

I just wanted to write about stuff that was happening in real life, and that's not just love songs about your girlfriend.

We just write about the stuff that happens to us.

The stories in the songs come from my real life.

My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from.

What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of your friends and family, sometimes there's quite sad episodes in their life and everything. So just little things I've picked up along the years always find a way into all of my stories.

You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write about them or the people you have met casually. It's part of your life.

With most of the events in the books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I draw a little bit from my own life and some from what I see happening around me.

I'm delighted with the experiences I've had and I've had some experiences to say the least!

I think I have had a remarkable and colorful life, so I decided to share it.

'Aye Zindagi' is a show which is about stories inspired by real-life incidents. You might be able to relate to these stories, as it can be about anyone around you.

My life is eventful.

I like to write about lots of things in real life that people can relate to, that people can I guess connect with and the fans could understand what I'm talking about.

I'd love to write more observational comedy but the stuff people seem to respond to is the most personal so it's snowballed from there.

I made 'Free Game' based on personal experiences, what I been through, my life, exposing people to the fact that I'm in the streets.

'My Night at Maud's,' 'Claire's Knee,' 'Chloe in the Afternoon' are grafted onto my life.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

Anything that happens to you has some bearing upon what you write.

Well, we studied a lot of books and things like that. Denzel has a personal experience with it, not himself, that's his business-I won't get into that, but he knows a lot about it as well. So, we took some real life experiences that we both-I've been told that I have OCD.