Quotes about writing
writing journalism sometimes
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big. Anthony Shadid
writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing style trying
I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.
writing release press-release
The more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up Ben Parr
writing emotional levels
When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus
writing agreement important
It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that. Ben Okri
writing past circles
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry.
writing perfect office
If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft
writing reader
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.
writing thinking facts
In fact, one of the things that I really love about literary fiction is that it's one of the few kinds of writing that doesn't tell us what to think or what to buy or what to wear. We're surrounded by advertising. Barbara Kingsolver
writing night discipline
I write every moment that is humanly possible. I write every day and every night. The only discipline I lack is the discipline is to quit.
writing night awake
I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night.
writing thinking talking
If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic.
writing editors appreciate
This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it 'to the editor who can appreciate my work' and it has simply come back stamped 'Not at this address'. Just keep looking for the right address.
writing controversial-topics political
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
writing thinking political
I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
writing rare-person fiction
I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.
writing people something-new
I'm widest awake as a writer doing something new, engaged in a process I'm not sure I can finish, generating at the edge of my powers. Some people bungee jump; I write.
writing artist novelists
The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.
writing world way
My way of finding a place in this world is to write one.
writing drawing people
Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed till early dawn, throwing your whole tomorrow out of whack, simply to find out what happens to some people who, you know perfectly well, are made up.
writing waiting work-ethic
Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.
writing funny-things discipline
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
writing creativity people
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
writing flow reason
For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print. Ashley Scott
writing expression creative
Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me. Ashwin Sanghi
writing different world
Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.
writing editors suggestions
After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.
writing months topics
I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I'm researching and writing.
writing want reader
I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'
writing years identity
I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.
writing the-end-of-the-day chapters
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.