Quotes about writing
writing heart use
Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth. Terry McMillan
writing feels i-can
Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
writing punctuation wonderful
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. Terry Pratchett
writing bangs sides
I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.
writing class ideas
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists [sic], one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails. Margaret Sanger
writing ease
I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. Margaret Mitchell
writing asking-questions people
Wonder is very important, because if we never wondered, we would never get to the point of asking questions. Yet wonder may lead people to write poetry or to paint pictures or to pray, as well as to ask the kinds of questions about the world and themselves that can be answered by science. Margaret Mead
writing long firsts
Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place. Margaret Haddix
writing trying third-grade
I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
writing wells bad-things
When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
writing hours scene
To one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it seem like the commas and semicolons in the paragraph-mere stops. Margaret Fuller
writing criticism use
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.
writing saws half
I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed Marco Polo
writing adventure thinking
I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure. Kimbra
writing might scared
I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy.
writing phones intimate-conversation
I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters. Kimora Lee Simmons
writing recommendations hardest
The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know. Kin Hubbard
writing self loathing
I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going. Michael Lewis
writing thinking careers
When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
writing poetic-license amount
I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license. Michael Franks
writing fighting voice
When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head, in addition to the ones inside your head, you'll never get anything done. There's enough inner strife. Melissa Rosenberg
writing different world
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft involved in storytelling, and it's a different kind of craft. But yes, someday I will do that. It just might be awhile.
writing play stories
The only kind of film I want to write is a story where I can keep on seeing the stories play out. I'm a huge television fan, and I'm a huge continuing storyline fan.
writing world pushing
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing.
writing life-happens happens
Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am. Melissa Etheridge
writing keyboards fingers
Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living. Melissa Marr
writing appreciate age
I want to say that I really appreciate that readers are willing to work with my tendency to write in several different genres and for different age groups.
writing thinking east
I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself. Michael Trevino
writing cutting people
I tend to cut David Brooks more slack than most people I know do, and I do it for one main reason. He can write. He's the best writer on that page, and I'd usually rather read him than others on that page I'm more likely to agree with. Michael Tomasky
writing thinking joy
When I write, I tend toward melancholy, and the few times that I've tried pure joy in music, it doesn't really work that well. The joy can be through catharsis. I think that's what I do well, and observation. Michael Stipe
writing house feelings
I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. Michael Palin
writing thinking modern
I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.
writing space people
There's a lot of thievery involved in writing. You're breaking into other people's spaces and other people's stories. Michael Ondaatje