Quotes about writ
writing perfect writers-block
If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. Margaret Atwood
writing ifs havens
I write as if I've lived a lot of things I haven't lived. Margaret Atwood
writing poetry states
Writing poetry is a state of free float. Margaret Atwood
writing fighting racism
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. Margaret Atwood
writing thinking trying
Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted. Margaret Atwood
writing law history
Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero
writing signatures philosopher
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory. Marcus Tullius Cicero
writing learning science
Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember. Marcus Tullius Cicero
writing editing mind
Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero
writing careers firsts
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money. Marcel Achard
writing black humans
I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody. Mara Brock Akil
writing thinking people
People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about. Marc Almond
writing hot rejected
Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot. Kinky Friedman
writing work-out sometimes
I never said I was a weightlifter. I never said I was trained. I'm not a personal trainer. I just enjoy working out. So sometimes I feel like, do I have to write a disclaimer? Like, disclaimer: "I'm not a trainer." Khloe Kardashian
writing my-own ifs
I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take. Kid Rock
writing people target
I use Mac. Not because it's more secure than everything else - because it is actually less secure than Windows - but I use it because it is still under the radar. People who write malicious code want the greatest return on their investment, so they target Windows systems. I still work with Windows in virtual machines. Kevin Mitnick
writing adventure challenges
I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses. Kevin Mitnick
writing thinking ability
I think it's just a lack of ability, we're incapable of writing hits. Kenny Hickey
writing creative kind
If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself. Kenny Loggins
writing interesting people
Anyway...I find what you write interesting." "That's what people usually say when they disagree with it. Ken MacLeod
writing secret becoming
The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. Ken MacLeod
writing growing awareness
I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid. Ken Livingstone
writing acting use
I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa. Katie Chang
writing independent thinking
I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really felt like my choice (was) more important than any kind of career goal. Margaret Cho
writing matter no-matter-what
I am always writing no matter what I am doing and no matter what it is for. Margaret Cho
writing people rabbits
It's rather useless to write a gripping narrative with nothing in it but climate change because novels are always about people even if they purport to be about rabbits or robots. Margaret Atwood
writing perfect done
No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. Mark Twain
writing worry make-sense
Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense. Lauren Oliver
writing wind together
Poetry isn't like any writing I've ever heard before. I don't understand all of it, just bits of images, sentences that appear half-finished, all fluttering together like brightly colored ribbons in the wind. Lauren Oliver
writing tired sick
I get so sick and tired of Wikipedia. People write their own crap on there. Larry the Cable Guy
writing code writing-code
Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code. Larry Wall
writing use sentences
I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either. Larry Wall
writing enough glad
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you. Larry Wall