Quotes about writ
writing knows
Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much. Nelson Algren
writing blow creative
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.
writing thinking spy
I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers. Nelson DeMille
writing names someday
I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,
writing hobbies made
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
writing firsts world
The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.
writing hands pads
I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.
writing thinking machines
I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.
writing character long
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. Nell Freudenberger
writing car music-is
I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.
writing thinking important
I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently. Neko Case
writing play people
My life is not a political campaign. I just write about what is on my mind. I just play whatever I feel like playing. Whatever is in my soul at the time is what I want to do. I have, thank god, enough people who are still interested in what I am doing so that I can go out and keep doing it. Neil Young
writing want down-and
All I'm doing is writing it down and putting it in a cadence. Once I get into a cadence, then why should I even stop and wonder what it is? You can do that for the rest of your life, but when it's coming out, you don't want to stop it.
writing two done
I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. Rachel Johnson
writing giving worry
Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.
writing adore alexis
I adore anything Michael Alexis writes. Rachel Nichols
writing pages should
I should be concentrating on writing pages. R. L. Stine
writing i-can
At least I can write.
writing worry style
If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. You can learn all kinds of ways to say things.
writing cutting people
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.
writing lessons
The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.
writing kissing motherhood
Now that I'm experiencing motherhood, I'm ready to write the next chapter of my family story. Of course a few jaded folks in the press corps will claim I ran out of money or just want to kiss John Corbett again. One of these things is true. Nia Vardalos
writing ideas down-and
I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
writing thinking detectives
If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.' Nic Pizzolatto
writing careers conviction
The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.
writing night awards
I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently. Nia Long
writing venice germany
On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions. Niccolo Paganini
writing two enemy
As a historian I understand how histories are written. My enemies will write histories that dismiss me and prove I was unimportant. My friends will write histories that glorify me and prove I was more important than I was. And two generations or three from now, some serious sober historian will write a history that sort of implies I was whoever I was. Newt Gingrich
writing issues perfect
My fine friends who are perfectionists, each in their own world where they are petty dictators, could write a perfect bill. Those of us who have grown up and matured...understand that we have to work together on the big issues.
writing school artist
Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. Nelson Goodman
writing lucky enough
When you recognize good writing and you're lucky enough to get it, like with Lost, that's what I follow. Nestor Carbonell
writing
I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism. Nick Cannon
writing pages way
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft. There will be some tweaks along the way, but it's not like I'll go 20 pages and throw it out and start again. Noah Hawley