Quotes about writing
writing childhood gone
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is to be a refugee from the state of refugees. Writers and readers seek a solution to the problem that time passes, that those who have gone are gone and those who will go, which is to say every one of us, will go. For there was a moment when anything was possible. And there will be a moment when nothing is possible. But in between we can create. Mohsin Hamid
writing poetic-license poetic
He was such a bad writer, they revoked his poetic license. Milton Berle
writing government important
If, for example, existing government intervention is minor, we shall attach a smaller weight to the negative effect of additional government intervention. This is an important reason why many earlier liberals, like Henry Simons, writing at a time when government was small by today's standards, were willing to have government undertake activities that today's liberals would not accept now that government has become so overgrown. Milton Friedman
writing people honest
What I write is emotionally honest and truthful as the human experience can be, to make people feel less alone, or at least that's the hope. Mike Birbiglia
writing trying feedback
My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting, and then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite.
writing reason-why reason
I have never sought the reason why I write. Nathalie Sarraute
writing opportunity very-good
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
writing catharsis kind
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
writing people poet
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
writing feminist locked
Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
writing thinking insecurity
A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not. Nate Ruess
writing want stuff
All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to. Nate Silver
writing imagination guy
'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. Nathan Fillion
writing past talking
It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.
writing perfect mind
The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever of learning the alphabet. Nat Turner
writing reality people
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre. Nancy Meyers
writing fiction stories
In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is Nancy Kress
writing fiction stuff
Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up.
writing type birkenstocks
Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight. Nancy Lublin
writing misery pleasure
I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing. Nancy Mitford
writing love-is way
Only a God of love is fully personal. Thus the Trinity is crucial for maintaining a fully personal concept of God. As theologian Robert Letham writes, “Only a God who is triune can be personal.... A solitary monad cannot love and, since it cannot love, neither can it be a person.” Therefore it “has no way to explain or even to maintain human personhood. Nancy Pearcey
writing simple thinking
I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. Ken Thompson
writing soul teeth
Like going to the dentist, where you write: "Dental appointment today. All of the dentists in Boulder are 'holistic.' They can't fill a cavity but they're good for your soul. Your teeth rot, but apparently your spirit prospers." Ken Wilber
writing domes pleasure
With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome. Ken Baumann
writing perfect tacos
I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.
writing thinking long
I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective. Kelsea Ballerini
writing people stories
A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it. Keegan-Michael Key
writing artist resonance
You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself. Kathy Mattea
writing people effort
Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count. Katherine Mansfield
writing moon light
The late evening is the time of times. Then with that unearthly beauty before one it is not hard to realise how far one has to go. To write something that will be worthy of that rising moon, that pale light.
writing light tree
Ach, Tchekov! Why are you dead? Why can’t I talk to you in a big darkish room at late evening—where the light is green from the waving trees outside? I’d like to write a series of Heavens: that would be one.
writing people trying
Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.
writing imagine looking-back
Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.