Quotes about writ
writing lions necks
[Footnote:] Aristotle maintains that the neck of the Lion is composed of a single bone. Aristotle knew nothing at all about Lions, a circumstance which did not prevent him from writing a good deal on the subject. Will Cuppy
writing goodness dare
Who will dare to write a history of human goodness? Will Durant
writing ideas stuff-happens
If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere. Sarah Silverman
writing littles way
I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard. Sara Zarr
writing trying difficult
The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.
writing criticism circumstances
Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism. Samuel P. Huntington
writing enemy never-forget
Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it. Richard M. Nixon
writing done
Writing is the toughest thing I've ever done.
writing way like-you
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards. Rian Johnson
writing editing feelings
When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is awful and I've wasted everyone's time and money and will be revealed as a fraud" feeling can hit.
writing mind synthesis
I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker and started making films. I was writing screenplays and couldn't get money because my work was so uncommercial. Rebecca Miller
writing ideas brilliant
There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up. Raymond E. Feist
writing america interesting
By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets. Richard Russo
writing thinking views
I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.
writing self views
I was pretty dead set against ever writing an academic novel. It's always been my view that there are already more than enough academic novels and that most of them aren't any good. Most of them are self-conscious and bitter, the work of people who want to settle grudges.
writing mind next
When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while.
writing artist guitar
I play piano and guitar and I do write my own stuff so to a certain extent I know what I want to do in regards to music. But I'm still finding out what kind of music is my favourite kind to listen to, never mind do myself so I've got a lot of time to find out myself and develop myself as an artist. Richard Fleeshman
writing persistence done
Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. Richard Ford
writing heart way
Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that
writing home weekend
Been sitting at home all weekend writing for MTV Movie Awards - unfortunately MTV won't let me do my strip routine ala Magic Mike... Rebel Wilson
writing people appreciate
You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing. Robert Caro
writing rewriting good-writing
Good writing is essentially rewriting. Roald Dahl
writing stories fifty
By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.
writing two people
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
writing office finished
I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished. Richard Price
writing guitar piano
Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is. Trey Anastasio
writing adjectives care
Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum. Tracy Chevalier
writing thinking shows
I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. Tracy Kidder
writing fake conspiracy
Conspiracies and all the theories of conspiracy are a part of the canon of fakes. And I'm involved, in all of my writings, the theoretical ones as well as the novels, with the production of fakes. Umberto Eco
writing people want
Some people say 'I want to be a writer,' and some people say, 'I want to write.' Robin Hobb
writing unique ideas
Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen to your friend who says you are better that Tolkien and don't have to try any more. Keep writing, keep faith in the idea that you have unique stories to tell, and tell them.
writing sitting littles
Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.
writing light important
Every moment I choose to write about is one I have deemed important enough to dwell inside of and share with others. I am holding this moment up to the light and saying, "Wow, will you look at that?" Sarah Kay