Quotes about writ
writing civilization perfect
Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one’s living from writing sentences. The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldn’t ask for anything better. It’s as near to godliness as I can get. John Banville
writing self order
In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.
writing ideas singing
I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes. Jody Watley
writing emotional emotional-things
No one writes about the emotional things you go through. Jimmy Chamberlin
writing class rude
I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me. Jimmy Carr
writing people add
I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.
writing numbers sea
[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not." Jimmy Buffett
writing way firsts
That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.
writing cuz listeners
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
writing night two
I want to keep going as I have, to travel, read, perform, write, and enjoy my family. I've promised myself only this: no more Laundromats, no more two-shows-a-night, and no more deadlines. I'll work at my own pace.
writing discussing
I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing. Jim Rash
writing important enjoy
My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it. Jim Lehrer
writing thinking play
Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue. Jim Parsons
writing church ends
At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers.
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.
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.
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.
writing thinking very-good
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
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?
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.
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.