Quotes about writ
writing want obscure
[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account. Dorothy L. Sayers
writing nurse people
When I first started out, I was trying to write stories about nurses and lawyers and a lot of people I didn't know anything about, and they just weren't working. Donald Ray Pollock
writing trying might
I had this bad habit of not writing out a first draft and going back. For me it was the first sentence, then the second sentence, and I might be several weeks on the first page instead of writing a draft and trying to figure it out from there.
writing character
I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.
writing stuff planets
It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it. Donald Miller
writing thinking trying
Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.
writing discipline different
I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.
writing reason memoir
The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.
writing people advice
I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.
writing thinking super-power
I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power
writing thinking ideas
I think writers would do better to consider that idea [to write to yourself], because you know yourself really well, and you never know your demographic fully. You only get into trouble if you try to please somebody you don't really understand.
writing pages life-is
Your life is a blank page. You write on it.
writing knowing challenges
The flow of writing is always a surprise and a challenge. Click the computer on and I am 17 again, wanting to write and not knowing if I can. Don Murray
writing two twenties
I write every day for two hours. But it's what I do for the other twenty-two hours that allows me to write.
writing men focus
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. Don Henley
writing people trying
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
writing thinking perfect
I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can, as many stories as you can. The best thing about being a writer is, a writer's craft is nearly perfect because a writer can go anywhere and do his craft. Dwayne McDuffie
writing chinese want
I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel. Colleen McCullough
writing doubt difficult
There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.
writing views looks
It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view. Colin Wilson
writing thinking blood
I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it. Claudia Christian
writing thinking mirrors
I think music, like writing, can be a mirror. Can turn back onto the listener, the viewer, the reader, an experience that they know but they don't know. Claudia Rankine
writing nervous tics
I can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint. Clare Boothe Luce
writing tomorrow
When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell. Dolley Madison
writing successful rambo
I like Stallone, because he writes. He sits down with a blank page and comes up with another Rambo movie. That isn't very easy for anybody. He's made it successful on top of that. Dolph Lundgren
writing keys pages
The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love. Dodie Smith
writing moonlight exciting
It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
writing kitchen sitting
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
writing ifs
Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.
writing college want
I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.
writing cooking breakfast
Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast. Dolly Parton
writing home nashville
My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.
writing thinking musical
I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and being a dramatic singer and writer, when I write stuff I really feel it. So I sing it like it comes from here. That's how I do the acting.