Quotes about writ
writing over-you brilliant
You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write. Nikki Giovanni
writing poet reader
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. Nikki Giovanni
writing giving misunderstood
Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it's something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about. Nicole Krauss
writing names common-sense
When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If I did have a pen name, though, it would be something very historical - something that sounds very sort of Regency... Sophia something. Nicola Cornick
writing romance historical
One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings. Nicola Cornick
writing want
I want to write about grown-up things. Nicola Griffith
writing people would-be
I've learned so much from just being in film industry. I definitely want to stay in front of the camera and learn more from as many people as I can. Somewhere down the line, writing, directing and producing would be fantastic. Nico Tortorella
writing thinking people
I get told I'm too good-looking for a lot of roles. They don't write roles people would think I'm supposed to play as often as they used to - the rom-com pretty-boy storylines. Nico Tortorella
writing preference territorial
I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it myself, its my personal preference to always be in control of everything I do in life. Nicki Minaj
writing thinking idols
I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that. Nicki Minaj
writing people brilliant
People keep referring to me as a standup, and that just doesn't sit well with me because a lot of my friends are standups and they're brilliant at writing jokes, and I'm not. Nick Offerman
writing men laughing
I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist. Nick Offerman
writing tape letters
To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. Nick Hornby
writing judging going-away
Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can be regarded as mitigating. And before you judge, although you have probably already done so, go away and write down the four worst things you have done to a partner, even if - especially if - your partner doesn't know about them. Don't dress things up, or try to explain them; just write them down, in a list, in the plainest language possible. Finished? Ok, so who's the arsehole now? Nick Hornby
writing thinking band
I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes. Matt Cameron
writing play theatre
The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and having been the writer, I can say from experience - the writer is lower down on the food chain. Matt Damon
writing thinking ideas
If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it. Matt Damon
writing trying stories
If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment. Matt Damon
writing eating
I write every day. Writing is a necessity - like eating. Mary MacLane
writing past men
America is indeed a revelation, though not quite the one that was planned. Given a clean slate, man, it was hoped, would write the future. Instead, he has written his past. Mary McCarthy
writing ifs values
I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone. Marvin Harris
writing play piano
From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. Marvin Hamlisch
writing broadway berlin
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. Marvin Hamlisch
writing simple honor
When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence. Mark Twain
writing poet conscious
Perhaps no poet is a conscious plagiarist, but there seems to be warrant for suspecting that there is no poet who is not at one time or another an unconscious one. Mark Twain
writing editors austria
In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm. Mark Twain
writing men done
Every man feels that his experience is unlike that of anybody else and therefore he should write it down-- he finds also that everybody else has thought and felt on some points precisely as he has done, and therefore he should write it down. Mark Twain
writing trying do-you-know
The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say. Mark Twain
writing today-is-the-day wake-up
Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me. Marian Keyes
writing proud feels
I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers. Marian Keyes
writing guy greek
When I was writing the script I thought he is this guy. I really hoped...I kept imagining him as that guy. And then he came in to audition and I was really nervous because I really wanted him to do Greek, you know? And he...I didn't know who else I could cast. And he was amazing in the audition. Really funny. Nicholas Stoller
writing people lucky
I feel very creatively satisfied and lucky that I get to write for other people, but for something I direct, it has to be something I completely understand every facet of. Nicholas Stoller
writing thinking direct
When I write something, it's usually 'cause I think it's funny or I have a way in, but when I direct something, I really need to be close to it. Nicholas Stoller