Quotes about writ
writing hands printer
I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand.
writing fiction facts
Science fiction, as I mentioned before, writes about what is neither impossible nor possible; the fact is that, when the question of possibility comes up in science fiction, the author can only reply that nobody knows. We haven't been there yet. We haven't discovered that yet. Science fiction hasn't happened. Joanna Russ
writing adventure men
Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women were losers, and adventure stories about men in which the men were winners, to writing adventure stories about a woman in which the woman won. It was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life. Joanna Russ
writing magic lovely
O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? Joanna Baillie
writing college years
Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few years back, I switched out of composition and into creative writing so I could work with words. Joanna Newsom
writing always-trying trying
I am always trying to write. Joanna Newsom
writing way problem
There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right. Jim Rohn
writing play playwright
I can write better plays than any living danced, and dance better than any living playwright. George M. Cohan
writing exercise years
I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all. George Lopez
writing successful thinking
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful. George Lucas
writing self doubt
Whenever you're making a movie, especially when you're writing, you always have self-doubts. George Lucas
writing thinking very-good
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. George Lucas
writing technology college
When people talk to me about the digital divide, I think of it not so much about who has access to what technology as about who knows how to create and express themselves in the new language of the screen. If students aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read and write? George Lucas
writing men long
Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature. Emily Post
writing thinking awkward
Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none. Emily Post
writing this-life encores
You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore. Elvis Presley
writing winning quitting
Quitters don't win and winners don't quit. Elliott Gould
writing night trying
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. Elliot Perlman
writing holocaust aspiration
Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust. Elliot Perlman
writing thinking pleasure
I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing. Ellie Kemper
writing challenges orchestra
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem. Elliott Carter
writing style pieces
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. Elliott Carter
writing thinking diaries
The only really safe thing to do is to write a diary of where you've been, what time you went to bed, what you ate. If I wrote honestly about everything I think it'd be a disaster. It would cause a lot of trouble. Ellie Goulding
writing important progress
You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young. Ellie Goulding
writing alleviate i-realized
By the time I got writing 'Halcyon,' I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn't really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst. Ellie Goulding
writing reviews realising
I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have to take it back. Ellie Goulding
writing years together
I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds. Ellen Hopkins
writing age literature
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe. Elizabeth George
writing thinking culture
I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate. Elizabeth George
writing mean nails
Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can serve a whole passel of purposes in your novel, and to overlook one of them is to overlook one of the tools of the craft. Like hitting a nail with a screwdriver, if you know what I mean. Elizabeth George
writing fiction biographies
I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction. Elizabeth Gaskell
writing thinking earth
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do. Elizabeth Gilbert
writing universe
I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write. Elizabeth Gilbert