Quotes about writ
writing credit pay
Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her?" "Good God, no," Gideon replied with a snicker. "Shaws don't write poetry. They pay others to write it for them and then take the credit for it. Lisa Kleypas
writing passion important
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.
writing character creating
Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.
writing suspense-novels people
All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado. Lisa Gardner
writing thinking people
I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or bad, it's always surprising because a whole human being is coming to that piece of writing. Lisa Edelstein
writing giving judging
Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that characterizes modern writing - he will perceive its clear purpose of detaching the reader from the habits of thought and feeling that the larger culture imposes, of giving him a ground and a vantage point from which to judge and condemn, and perhaps revise, the culture that produces him. Lionel Trilling
writing political weapons
Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon. Linton Kwesi Johnson
writing historical-novels asking
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. Lion Feuchtwanger
writing add debate
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
writing
When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing. Linn Ullmann
writing way roles
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.
writing cutting people
These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself shaving. And these are not the sorts of things you feel the need to experience before you write about them. Linwood Barclay
writing interesting people
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing. Linus Torvalds
writing different world
If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.
writing people program
Portability is for people who cannot write new programs
writing done different
The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing. Lindsey Buckingham
writing singing want
I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to. Lindsay Lohan
writing thinking giving
I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer! Linda Sue Park
writing home half
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
writing mad albums
He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes. Linda McCartney
writing whole-life written
I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life. Linda Ronstadt
writing historical stories
I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety. Linda Lael Miller
writing self alive
There is probably no finer prose writer alive in Britain now, no-one better at making a sentence, no-one better at descriptive writing, no-one who can get so close to the vividness of other peoples interior selves. Linda Grant
writing play giving
The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself. Linda Lavin
writing magic energy
Writing is magic because it harnesses the energy generated by the chaos within. Linda Gray
writing numbers noise
Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot." "You found a pen?" "No, but I have a can of Cheez Whiz. I'll write your number on the counter with it, then find a pen and copy it." Jaine recited her number and listened to the spewing noise as Shelley Cheez-Whizzed it on her countertop. Linda Howard
writing giving people
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you. Linda Cardellini
writing rights years
We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave. Linda Ellerbee
writing reflection stronger
Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman. Lil' Kim
writing soul important
Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs. Lilith Saintcrow
writing want able
I've read horoscopes before and what they say. But I would actually love to not be what somebody writes down - I don't want to be described. I don't want you to be able to read something and say, "This is how Wayne is." I'd rather you meet me and decide. I'd rather be different, basically. Lil Wayne
writing ideas thank-god
Thank God, I'm actually infatuated and in love with what I do, therefore I am what I do. So I never have to forget [any of my ideas] because I never have to remember, I just am. I don't need to write stuff down.
writing self house
The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life. Leon Edel