Quotes about writ
writing fine
That must be fine, for I don't understand a word. Moliere
writing men honorable-man
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly. Moliere
writing might chance
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. Moliere
writing silence needs
I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words. Mohsin Hamid
writing novelists researchers
I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience. Mohsin Hamid
writing novel invitations
For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance. Mohsin Hamid
writing
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is. Mohsin Hamid
writing novel solitary
Novel writing is solitary work. Mohsin Hamid
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. Mike Birbiglia
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. Nathalie Sarraute
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. Nathalie Sarraute
writing people poet
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Nathalie Sarraute
writing feminist locked
Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing. Nathalie Sarraute
writing novel wanted
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels. J. K. Rowling
writing potters want
I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter. J. K. Rowling
writing goodness epitome
I loved writing Dumbledore and he is the epitome of goodness. J. K. Rowling
writing boys ideas
I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed. J. K. Rowling
writing years focus
I have to write the story I want to write. I never wrote them with a focus group of 8-year-olds in mind. I have to continue telling the story the way I want to tell it. J. K. Rowling
writing thinking imagination
I'm not so naive that I didn't know or didn't suspect that, at some point, someone was going to say "You're writing about the occult." My wizarding world is a world of imagination. I think it is a moral world. J. K. Rowling
writing who-you-are
What you write becomes who you are… So make sure you love what you write! J. K. Rowling
writing mushrooms ruthless
Be ruthless about protecting writing days. J. K. Rowling
writing thinking kind
Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it. J. K. Rowling
writing brain cafes
Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain. J. K. Rowling
writing movement vehicle
There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing. J. K. Rowling
writing
I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write. J. K. Rowling
writing plot outlining
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. J. K. Rowling
writing want babysitter
I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write. J. K. Rowling
writing vocabulary giving
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. J. K. Rowling