Quotes about writ
writing editing long
For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me. A. A. Milne
writing way pounds
They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.
writing knowledge long
I long to create something that can't be used to keep us passive: I want to write a script about plumbing, how every pipe is joined to every other. Adrienne Rich
writing white history
We have seen over and over that white male historians in general have tended to dismiss any history they didn't themselves write,on the grounds that it is unserious, unscholarly, a fad, too "political," "merely" oral and thus unreliable.
writing ifs
You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.
writing voice liquid
Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.
writing people lucky
She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read. Agatha Christie
writing typewriters meals
All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.
writing people comfort
Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.
writing history generations
The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.
writing autobiography sooner-or-later
The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.
writing should-have imagine
I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk.
writing soul stories
God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!
writing letters originality
I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.
writing mind flaws
In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws.
writing love-is found
I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up. Adriana Trigiani
writing emotional grandparent
But the most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
writing silence sound
I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
writing thinking hands
A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there's a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith. The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else, trusting that the feelings will be delivered, and that the recipient will understand the writer's intent. How childish to think that could be easy.
writing dust people
Some people have enough dust on their bibles to write damnation on it. Adrian Rogers
writing writing-essays theory
I don't like writing essays or theory. Adrian Mitchell
writing ideas flow
With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out. Adora Svitak
writing opportunity ice-cream
When you write, produce, engineer and mix everything yourself, it tends to take a long time to do anything. And when you're a perfectionist little monster, it makes it even harder. But it's a blast and I wouldn't trade the opportunity for all the ice cream sandwiches in the universe. Adam Young
writing
When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot. Adam Rapp
writing needs speak
It's been hard for me to not write, and that's the only process I can speak to I guess, it's so compulsive and I need to do it all the time that sometimes I make myself not do it so I can actually tend to my life.
writing different world
When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused. But when I'm writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I'm just impossible to get in touch with, and I don't spend time with friends.
writing typical
A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.
writing play people
One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.
writing thinking trying
I think writers can respond by writing about the refugee crisis, by looking at problems faced by migrants, by trying hard to portray them as the human beings that they are. Adam Hochschild
writing thinking speak
I think I'm more intensely opinionated when I speak; more agreeably balanced when I write. Adam Gopnik
writing thinking practice
Writing doesn't come easily to anyone, I think, certainly not to me. But pressure and practice does lend a certain fluency, I think - the more sentences you write, the more sentences you have written, if that slightly Zen confection makes any sense.
writing winning your-side
Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.
writing climate kind
Big writers become a kind of shared climate.