Quotes about writ
writing cutting care
Many authors write like amateur blacksmiths making their first horseshoe; the clank of the anvil, the stench of the scorched leather apron, the sparks and the cursing are palpable, and this appeals to those who rank "sincerity" very high. Nabokov is more like a master swordsmith making a fine blade; nothing is amiss, nothing is too much, there is no fuss, and the finished product must be handled with great care, or it will cut you badly. Robertson Davies
writing style doe
One does not consider style, because style is. Robert Stone
writing trying firsts
I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first rewrite, but some chapters I can't get quite right the third time. There are some I go over and over and over again.
writing personality poet
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities, which are not always forgiven after he has repented and become ashamed of them. Robert Southey
writing creative-writing wells
By writing much, one learns to write well.
writing essence capture
All I've tried to do (with my writing) is capture the essence of my time. Robert Penn Warren
writing glory nancy
I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
writing scratches annoying
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
writing confusion fiction
The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life.
writing secret comedy
The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.
writing scratches plot
It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a joke or a show from scratch, because the audience knows the plot. Just mention what is going on and then deliver the punch line.
writing trying way
Write it as it is, don't try to make it like this or that. You can't do it in anybody else's way-you will have to make a way of your own. Sarah Orne Jewett
writing world quiet
You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.
writing needs doe
A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have. Wallace Stevens
writing night doors
...after a night spent writing poetry, one is almost happy to hear the milkman at the door.
writing fate race
The whole race is a poet that writes down / The eccentric propositions of its fate.
writing men poetry
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
writing two historical
I find historical figures in general very tricky because you feel at times that you're serving two masters. Not only the arc and wonderful writing that comes with the show, but also the history of a person's life. Vincent Piazza
writing accomplishment novelists
The higher processes are all processes of simplification. The novelist must learn to write, and then he must unlearn it; just as the modern painter learns to draw, and then learns when utterly to disregard his accomplishment, when to subordinate it to a higher and truer effect. Willa Cather
writing years perfect
If you don't keep and guard and mature your force, and above all, have time and quiet to perfect your work, you will be writing things not much better than you did five years ago.
writing office world
Your vivid, exciting companionship in the office must not be your audience, you must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.
writing age fifteen
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
writing caring fighting
The test of one's decency is how much of a fight one can put up after one has stopped caring, and after one has found out that one can never please the people they wanted to please.
writing numbers want
Hurry up and write your number down before I don't want it no more, Will Smith
writing hands names
Being famous is such a gift for me because small things make people's lives brighter. You just shake somebody's hand. You just smile and write your name and people will talk about it for the rest of their lives.
writing focus etc
My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future & other comedy etc etc. Warren Ellis
writing love-is thinking
The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: "I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love." But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get. Warren Buffett
writing thinking force
There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight.
writing people environmental
I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left. Vivienne Westwood
writing blue yellow
There is no blue without yellow and without orange, and if you put in blue, then you must put in yellow, and orange too, mustn't you? Oh well, you will tell me that what I write to you are only banalities. Vincent Van Gogh
writing self trying
Seeing that I am so busily occupied with myself just now, I want to try to paint my self-portrait in writing.
writing likes restriction
Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions. Vladimir Lenin
writing revolution pleasant
It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it.