Quotes about writ
writing criticism different
A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way. Alex Kapranos
writing authority critics
I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.
writing ideas people
Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.
writing substance ingredients
That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance. Alex Haley
writing alex praise
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
writing years appreciate
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.
writing goal soul
Write down the area of your life that most needs your attention right now, and then write out the details of your soul's vision for this part of your life. What does it look like? How will achieving your goal change your life? How will it change the lives of those around you? When you reach your goal, when you fulfill that desire, what will you make room for? Take a few minutes to write it all down. Debbie Ford
writing uggs house
I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing. E. L. James
writing best-person persons
The best person to write for is yourself—and what better place to start than in a journal.
writing differences discipline
Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish. E. L. Konigsburg
writing school bridges
When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!
writing discovery careers
In science, you really do need to have a purpose-driven life. You will succeed to the extent that you get the most out of your career so that you can give the most back. Try to be an addict, driven to achieve discoveries, learning new things, and then writing about them. E. O. Wilson
writing careers ideas
I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
writing southern novel
In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
writing thinking nonfiction
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
writing trying literature
It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing. E. M. Forster
writing mean people
I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'
writing mountain literature
The novel is a formidable mass, and it is so amorphous - no mountain in it to climb, no Parnassus or Helicon, not even a Pisgah. It is most distinctly one of the moister areas of literature - irrigated by a hundred rills and occasionally degenerating into a swamp. I do not wonder that the poets despise it, though they sometimes find themselves in it by accident. And I am not surprised at the annoyance of the historians when by accident it finds itself among them.
writing tyrants savages
Suspense: the only literary tool that has any effect upon tyrants and savages.
writing giving novel
A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.
writing thinking literature
How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
writing records novelists
The historian records, but the novelist creates.
writing ideas novelists
Expansion, that is the idea the novelist must cling to, not completion, not rounding off, but opening out.
writing dna ifs
If you can write DNA, you're no longer limited to 'what is' but to what you could make. Drew Endy
writing might wells
I would never write, ever. I might as well exile myself. Dree Hemingway
writing thinking doctors
Make sure your family and loved ones don’t interrupt you during your writing time. If you’re a lawyer or doctor, friends don’t just stop by the office to chat or interrupt you from your work. But for some reason, people think writing is different. It isn’t, and you need to make clear that this is sacred time. Douglas Preston
writing small-rooms might
I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.
writing korea achievement
The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I am proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we might have many more like them. Douglas MacArthur
writing night giving
With the DVR, I was mostly writing about it as a good thing in giving us the choice of when and how to watch things. But there's what we lose in the bargain, which is the collective spectacle. 'Did you see Jay Leno last night?' Douglas Rushkoff
writing want pieces
You can find truly original pieces of writing, but they're original because you go, "Who would have even have thought of that?," or, "Why would anyone ever want to go see that?" Doug Liman
writing kissing letters
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters. Donna Leon
writing thinking demand
I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.
writing editors journalist
With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you. Donald Davis