Quotes about writ
writing plot
A plot begins when somebody has something to hide. John Banville
writing light manhattan
I live in Dublin, God knows why. There are greatly more congenial places I could have settled in - Italy, France, Manhattan - but I like the climate here, and Irish light seems to be essential for me and for my writing.
writing careers giving
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with publishers and more notoriety among journalists. The effect on one's writing, however, is nil - otherwise, one would be in deep trouble.
writing civilization perfect
Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one’s living from writing sentences. The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldn’t ask for anything better. It’s as near to godliness as I can get.
writing self order
In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.
writing ideas singing
I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes. Jody Watley
writing emotional emotional-things
No one writes about the emotional things you go through. Jimmy Chamberlin
writing class rude
I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me. Jimmy Carr
writing people add
I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.
writing numbers sea
[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not." Jimmy Buffett
writing way firsts
That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.
writing cuz listeners
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
writing therapy studios
Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me. Justin Timberlake
writing editors age
The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help.
writing office rabbits
They put me in an office with the TV set up and said "Here's the tape. When you're finished writing your copy for the little trailer you're going to do, you'll come out and show it to us and we set you up to go edit it." I turned it on and it was just this hardcore film and I was like, "Oh my God, I've fallen down the rabbit hole." Julie Davis
writing views trying
For me, no matter how serious the subject is, when I try to write about it, I have to write about it from a comic point of view. It's just the way it comes out.
writing doors people
I guess I'm not that aware of such a big fan base. I have a few core people who write me no matter what I'm doing, but I hardly have sacks of mail being dropped on my door! Julie Bowen
writing editing acting
Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky. Julie Delpy
writing fighting thinking
I think anyone who has had a fight and who's a very good observer of the situation and people's behavior is capable of writing a fight. But you do start thinking about writing during the fights that you have with your partner.
writing joy able
I would assume that there is a greater amount of joy for you in being able to write and help produce your own stuff and make a decent living, but not get rich versus always doing the other stuff that you don't write, and make more money.
writing hands people
Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic. Julie Burchill
writing animal sometimes
I do ask myself sometimes, what am I doing writing about animals that talk like we do? But I guess it's okay if it brings across a point. Julie Andrews
writing interesting stories
Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, revealing everything about yourself that is most private and probably most interesting for that very reason. Judith Krantz
writing giving trying
The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will pile up.
writing years presidential
I met Jon Lovett, who was just coming off of three years of being a presidential speech writer and had just arrived here to be a comedy writer in Hollywood. I thought he was super green, in terms of this world, but he knows so much about the world that we're attempting to write about. Josh Gad
writing thinking light
If I was painting or writing, I wouldn't veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world. Josh Hartnett
writing prejudice topics
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. Joseph Lancaster
writing people citizens
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world. Katherine Boo
writing stories minutes
You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day. Katherine Center
writing thinking people
But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on. Katherine Dunn
writing numbers healthy
I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live. Katherine Heigl
writing thinking water
I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water. Katherine Anne Porter
writing imagination perception
Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way, by the use of his own powers of imagination and perception, the ability to learn the lessons he has set for himself.