Quotes about writ
writing
I do not write, I build. Alvar Aalto
writing lucky enough
I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say. Allison Janney
writing trying care
I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care. Alma Guillermoprieto
writing littles unimaginable
It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while. Anne Rivers Siddons
writing people doe
You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why. Anne Perry
writing thinking people
I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.
writing thinking mad
I don't really think it comes as a shock to every writer if somebody in their family is mad at them. Yes, it's very upsetting. But it's inherent in the process of trying to make sense of one's life, which is what I think is perhaps at the bottom of writing at all. Anne Roiphe
writing thinking people
What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.
writing crafts tricks
Craft is a trick you make up to let you write the poem. Anne Sexton
writing thinking perfect
I think of myself as writing for one person, that one perfect reader who understands and loves.
writing thinking white
I think I've been writing black poems all along, wearing my white mask. I'm always the victim ... but no longer!
writing tricks
All I am is the trick of words writing themselves.
writing too-much feels
A woman who writes feels too much.
writing lord
I promised that from now on I would write only for the Lord. Anne Rice
writing impossible knows
Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.
writing typewriters people
There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.
writing literature want
I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.
writing character thinking
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.
writing decision safe
... what I fear in writing is the safe decision.
writing enough i-can
When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.
writing risk fool
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
writing years ghouls
The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.
writing creative-juices want
If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again. Write. Writing is what makes a writer, nothing more and nothing less.
writing thinking people
People write to me all the time to tell me that "homosexuality is an abomination." They base this on a quote in Leviticus. I think the Bible has proved to be a very mysterious and dangerous document.
writing expression order
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order. Anna Garlin Spencer
writing thinking people
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way. Anita Desai
writing style trying
My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.
writing people trying
Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. Anita Hill
writing lines littles
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. Anita Diament
writing moral negotiation
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. Anita Brookner
writing despair
Writing has freed me from the despair of living.
writing attention innocence
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
writing knows
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.