Quotes about writ
writing thinking bigs
I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny. Judd Apatow
writing soul humans
Writers are the engineers of human souls. Joseph Stalin
writing names crafts
...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft. Joseph Brodsky
writing men self
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.
writing people etcetera
Persecution mania is still around. In your writing, in your exchanges with people, meeting people who are in Russian affairs, Russian literature, etcetera.
writing views people
As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among whom he lives .
writing democracy want
I didn't want to be either the cre`me de la cre`me or a martyr. I'd rather be a novelty, especially in a democracy that doesn't understand the language I write in.
writing bird world
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang. Leonardo da Vinci
writing talent good-writing
Good writing comes from good talent.
writing greatness men
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde
writing good-intentions intention
Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.
writing artist doe
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.
writing years ideas
Over the years, there certainly have been plenty of ideas that I've had and given up on, but for this one, the only thing that was standing in its way was me doing it - I just had to write it... And then if it didn't happen, it didn't happen. But I didn't want it to be for lack of effort on my part, so I had hunch that it would be a good story and that we would work well together. And it certainly worked out that way. Paul Reiser
writing illustration poetry
Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form. Paul Gauguin
writing moon way
I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
writing needs reform
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process. Patrick McHenry
writing thinking important
You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do. Patrick Ness
writing emotional issues
Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very therapeutic, but that's best done in your journal, or on your blog if you're an exhibitionist. Trying to put a bunch of *specific* stuff from your personal life into your story usually just isn't appropriate unless you're writing a memoir or a personal essay or something of the sort. Patrick Rothfuss
writing looks language
For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.
writing people everyday
I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there I'll just tell a little story about the things that happen in my everyday life. People seem to enjoy them well enough.
writing heart character
It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.
writing roots understanding
Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.
writing character people
You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people's lives to be better. You want to make that happen.
writing stories flavor
Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
writing plot rough-drafts
But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot holes, some logical inconsistencies, pacing problems, and not nearly enough lesbian unicorns.
writing law needs
You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.
writing thinking stories
I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.
writing years shining
It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
writing differences worry
I'm just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I'm the sort of person who worries about the difference between "slim" and "slender.
writing nervous
I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.
writing speed results
I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.
writing novel
Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.
writing novel needed
If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.