Quotes about writ
writing passion simple
If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to write. The number of people wanting to be novelists is probably not going to decline - but certainly the number of people who are going to be able to make a living as authors is going to dramatically decrease. Scott Turow
writing opportunity water
When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single. Scott Weiland
writing thinking musical
When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets. Scott Walker
writing stuff watches
I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch, Steven Moffat
writing people envelopes
The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.
writing research minimum
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
writing self people
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs.
writing night entrepreneur
Late at night have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn't write, a painter who doesn't paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is. Steven Pressfield
writing sitting sitting-down
It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.
writing artist genius
A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
writing thinking editors
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.
writing symphony tomorrow
I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.
writing thinking internet-access
Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be great. Read. Write. Bust your ass. Learn and find your voice. As hard as you think it is, it's a hundred times harder.
writing oxford ancient
The great thing about writing about the ancient Spartans or Athenians is that so much knowledge is no longer extant that no one, except maybe a Cambridge or Oxford don, can call you out and prove you wrong.
writing acting balance
I am devoting some time to music. I'm finding a balance in my life right now so that when I'm not acting I'm really working on the music side of things... producing and writing and recording and also getting to do some live shows. It's a really exciting thing. Steven Bauer
writing use
Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it. Steven Brust
writing looks rooms
I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like. Steven Amsterdam
writing hockey ice
I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life. Steven Pinker
writing people creative
Unfortunately, creative people are at their most creative when writing their autobiographies.
writing nerd research
I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period. Susan Holloway Scott
writing thinking ghost-stories
I read a lot of ghost stories because I was writing a ghost story. I didn't think at all I was writing a horror or a thriller or whatever because it is about a ghost, whereas a horror film can be about aliens or things that rise out of the marsh that have no human shape. Susan Hill
writing play voice
You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting feedback from the actor and hearing their voice and how they play things. Summer Glau
writing structure money-and-power
Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. Sun Ra
writing air fans
I was a die-hard, obsessed fan of Michael Jordan. I'd take his posters with me to away meets, I'd walk out on the deck in my Air Jordans before I swam, I'd write 23 on my cap. I'm just a huge Jordan fan. Summer Sanders
writing emotional phones
I am very aware of the fact that it's highly unlikely anyone will write an article via their mobile phone. I've done it, but it's painful. And it's not just about the small keyboard and the small screen - though that's awful. It's the emotional experience of writing an article. Sue Gardner
writing needs television
I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need qualifications at all, you just need to be a moron. Sue Townsend
writing would-be 1960s
I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.
writing focus risk
I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks. Sue Grafton
writing giving get-better
Give yourself time to get better.
writing journey giving
Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
writing sometimes claims
Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
writing firsts novel
I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
writing years careers
I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.