Quotes about writ
writing home half
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road. Linda Sue Park
writing mad albums
He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes. Linda McCartney
writing whole-life written
I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life. Linda Ronstadt
writing historical stories
I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety. Linda Lael Miller
writing self alive
There is probably no finer prose writer alive in Britain now, no-one better at making a sentence, no-one better at descriptive writing, no-one who can get so close to the vividness of other peoples interior selves. Linda Grant
writing play giving
The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself. Linda Lavin
writing magic energy
Writing is magic because it harnesses the energy generated by the chaos within. Linda Gray
writing numbers noise
Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot." "You found a pen?" "No, but I have a can of Cheez Whiz. I'll write your number on the counter with it, then find a pen and copy it." Jaine recited her number and listened to the spewing noise as Shelley Cheez-Whizzed it on her countertop. Linda Howard
writing giving people
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you. Linda Cardellini
writing rights years
We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave. Linda Ellerbee
writing reflection stronger
Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman. Lil' Kim
writing soul important
Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs. Lilith Saintcrow
writing want able
I've read horoscopes before and what they say. But I would actually love to not be what somebody writes down - I don't want to be described. I don't want you to be able to read something and say, "This is how Wayne is." I'd rather you meet me and decide. I'd rather be different, basically. Lil Wayne
writing ideas thank-god
Thank God, I'm actually infatuated and in love with what I do, therefore I am what I do. So I never have to forget [any of my ideas] because I never have to remember, I just am. I don't need to write stuff down.
writing self house
The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life. Leon Edel
writing feel-good feelings
I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it is just a feeling that feels good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody. Leon Bridges
writing rewriting i-can
I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. Leo Tolstoy
writing play laughing
If you asked someone, 'Can you play the violin?' and he says, 'I don't know, I have not tried, perhaps I can,' you laugh at him. Whereas about writing, people always say: 'I don't know, I have not tried,' as though one had only to try and one would become a writer.
writing order each-day
I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.
writing law easy
Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
writing stories sides
I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.
writing journey men
All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
writing pieces flesh
One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.
writing reality people
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there's an explosion-that's Plot. Leigh Brackett
writing choices stories
God writes the story of our lives with the pen strokes of our own free choices. Peter Kreeft
writing years issues
While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change. Peter Ferrara
writing acting want
I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing Peter Fonda
writing should-have ego
If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.
writing thinking listening
I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to. Peter Gabriel
writing said novel
I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody. Peter Bichsel
writing language
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
writing thinking biographies
On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken. Penelope Fitzgerald
writing moments
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment. Pema Chodron