Quotes about writ
writing waste wasting-time
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better. Seth Godin
writing who-i-am singing
Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am. Raven-Symone
writing artist blink-182
We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists Tom DeLonge
writing rocks guitar
When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.
writing people journalist
A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write. Todor Zhivkov
writing character emotional
Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a passionate, intensely emotional experience for me. I'm detached from the characters only to the degree that I have to be in order to write honestly about them. Todd Solondz
writing want stories
One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.
writing awards academy-awards
I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.' Todd Phillips
writing nyu cheesy
I remember that when I got to NYU, everyone was writing scripts. But I was 18 at the time, and when you write a script, so much of it is about what you pull from life, and this sounds sort of cheesy, but I felt like I didn't have enough life experience at that point to write a movie.
writing people subjectivity
The nature of my work is my subjectivity meshed with other people's subjectivity. So there's a correspondence with that... Even if you write about me, it will reflect on you; everything is a kind of weird collaboration. Tino Sehgal
writing heart guy
I never thought about writing the part where the pirates get on board the ship. I wasn't interested in that. I'm not an action director. I'm sure that other guys could do it a lot better. I couldn't put my heart into it. Tobias Lindholm
writing middle hardest
Everybody can write a beginning and an ending, but to actually define that middle point where everything will go from professional to person, where everything will change, is always the hardest part, because it can very easily be too constructed, too artificial.
writing men age
Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age. Tobias Smollett
writing men light
A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
writing past hindsight
I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight. Skylar Grey
writing rooms bigs
When it comes to actually writing, I like to write in a full room with the amps blasting, and a big drum set. Slash
writing years long
I've been on the road for so long that it's a part of my being. Even after all these years, I love playing. I love recording. I love writing. I love rehearsing. I love touring. I love all that stuff.
writing thinking goal
I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of print and then trying to reach through that and actually convey what's going on, what you think, and make people laugh and recognize themselves while doing it. Definitely the laughing thing. Sloane Crosley
writing weekend vacation
I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.
writing emotional thinking
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.
writing home night
The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing it. I would be curious about what I'd write if I didn't have to worry about offending.
writing two voice
I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.
writing different type
I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing. Sky Ferreira
writing i-can courses
She asked me could I read and write. I told her, "Of course, and I can talk too. Sister Souljah
writing guitar crap
I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own. Siobhan Fahey
writing
You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success. Sissy Spacek
writing fiction remember
Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened. Siri Hustvedt
writing assumption
There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true.
writing thinking people
I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people. Simon Winchester
writing royal irony
Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty. Simon Van Booy
writing scientist
Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist. Sinclair Lewis
writing safe polite
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
writing secret use
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work.