Quotes about writ
writing play giving
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play. John Steinbeck
writing joy satisfaction
I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love.
writing mean cutting
Writing to me is a deeply personal, even a secret function and when the product I turned loose it is cut off from me and I have no sense of its being mine. Consequently criticism doesn't mean anything to me. As a disciplinary matter, it is too late.
writing simple offering
The basic rule [of writing] given us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from the writer to the reader, and the power of its offering was the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, there were no rules.
writing wish certain
I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.
writing poetry mathematics
Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.
writing want way
I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue.
writing character past
A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.
writing ideas track
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page a day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
writing sight mind
A good writer always works at the impossible.There is another kind who pulls in his horizons, drops his mind as one lowers rifle sights.
writing ideas abandon
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish.
writing paper whole
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
writing telling-the-truth hardest
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
writing paper excuse
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on.
writing thinking goes-on
If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it-bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn't belong there.
writing stories crafts
I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.
writing bird actors
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. John Simm
writing thinking social
I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic. John Shirley
writing drunk drug
I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.
writing
I love to write poetry. Shayne Ward
writing people want
What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.
writing want
I don't want my writing to be recognized. Shawn Ryan
writing unique people
I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.
writing thinking appreciate
I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day. Sherry Turkle
writing happened ifs
If I can write everything out plainly, perhaps I will myself understand better what has happened. Sherwood Anderson
writing absurdity
The writing of words can lead to all sorts of absurdities.
writing ifs
If you are to become a writer you'll have to stop fooling with words.
writing technology different
Technology has helped me with the writing and recording processes, and it's a great way to reach out to fans of my music, ... Dell's combining all these different technologies and making it really easy to enjoy them. Sheryl Crow
writing firsts stories
The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. Terry Pratchett
writing may close-friends
A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it. Nina Bawden
writing age life-is
One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
writing thieves tools
All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.
writing way different
The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different way. Not like a food writer. Nigella Lawson