Quotes about writ
writing written
You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat. Leo Ornstein
writing thinking want
No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it's that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music.
writing exercise thinking
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. Leo Kottke
writing trying hens
If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney. Leo Burnett
writing speech advertising
I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.
writing story-writers helping
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it. Leo Rosten
writing want indiana
But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to. Lawrence Kasdan
writing night rest-of-your-life
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
writing thinking ideas
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It is easy to be wrong and misguided in your head. It is harder when the product of your mind can be criticized by others. Of course, it is a rare human who admits that he has been persuaded that he is wrong. But it is even rarer for a human to ignore when he has been proven wrong. The writing of ideas, arguments, and criticism improves democracy. Lawrence Lessig
writing mean people
One theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean you live a utopian life free of politicians' influence. The destruction of the public domain is the clearest example, but it will only be the first.
writing creative gardening
I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it from baking, gardening... I sort of open myself to the creative flow, which is hard to do, by the way. Lauren Bowles
writing dark order
A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that seem too dark to look at directly. Lauren Groff
writing tasks fiction
Fiction is always a utopian task, in that there's an ideal you hold in your head as you write which inevitably fails in the moment of creation, in the insufficiency of words to convey meaning, or in the way the work is completed in the reader's head.
writing world layers
When I write new worlds, I work in layers, building and throwing out, and building anew.
writing fiction world
The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.
writing happy-life simple
At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.
writing actors should
Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks. Lauren Graham
writing night hours
At night I can write for hours. Lauren Conrad
writing great-things
That's one of the great thing about writing is that you get to be in someone's head.
writing magazines stories
I don't call magazines and let them know about things so they can write stories.
writing unseen results
I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing. Larry Norman
writing views seductive
Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive. Larry Kramer
writing feminist culture
It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes. Lady Gaga
writing
I essentially write for myself. Leon Uris
writing insane lines
Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.
writing media people
The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors. Joseph Heller
writing i-can ifs
If you can write it, I can be it. Karen Black
writing careers persons
Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person. Justin Cronin
writing passion long
Music is my passion so I feel like I'll be doing this for a long time and God forbid if anything happens I'll still write music. So, I could write music for other people. I see myself making music for a very long time. Justin Bieber
writing people negative
When people see a negative thing about me on a magazine, they're gonna buy it. Every time some site writes something bad, all my followers go on there, and it brings them more traffic.
writing uncomfortable
Change is uncomfortable. Write that down.
writing choices stories
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make. Julianna Baggott
writing want brutal
I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.