Quotes about writ
writing fire long
I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire — where the old world looked at a woman alone and immortal and said: she must long to die, I have tried to say: look at her live! Catherynne M. Valente
writing novel ought
Someone ought to write a novel about me, Catherynne M. Valente
writing play people
There's nothing personal in it [THE SKRIKER]. I'm not ever inclined with any of the plays to say, This is about that, because plays are about the whole event that they are. . . . I was certainly wanting to write a play about damage - damage to nature and damage to people, both of which there's plenty of about. To that extent, I was writing a play about England now. Caryl Churchill
writing prejudice language
Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved. Casey Miller
writing world wanted
I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly. Carl Honore
writing shining decision
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add. Carl Hiaasen
writing evil people
The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories. Carl Jung
writing speaks-out tasks
All my writings may be considered tasks imposed from within, their source was a fateful compulsion. What I wrote were things that assailed me from within myself. I permitted the spirit that moved me to speak out. Carl Jung
writing fate men
The biographies of great artists make it abundantly clear that the creative urge is often so imperious that it battens on their humanity and yokes everything to the service of the work, even at the cost of health and ordinary human happiness. The unborn work in the psyche of the artist is a force of nature that achieves its end either with tyrannical might or with the subtle cunning of nature herself, quite regardless of the personal fate of the man who is its vehicle. Carl Jung
writing authority feels
I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. Callie Khouri
writing people female
We have a lot of women on the staff, obviously. It's a predominantly female writing staff and we hire the best people. It's not like we go we need more women or we need four women directing. Callie Khouri
writing thinking television
I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television. Callie Khouri
writing inappropriate ifs
If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. Calvin Trillin
writing delivery
When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery. Calvin Trillin
writing self-confidence thinking
I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to mind -- but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot. Calvin Trillin
writing might interest
What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place. Calvin Trillin
writing inappropriate source
There's always a source for humor [in politics]. If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. So it sort of selects itself. It has to. And plus, often something that wouldn't be funny at the time is okay to make jokes about later. Calvin Trillin
writing america may
In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while his article is still on the presses. Calvin Trillin
writing effort letters
A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend. Billy Strayhorn
writing unique order
In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other. Billy Strayhorn
writing enjoy
I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy. Billy Sherwood
writing wells
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well. Billy Sherwood
writing divine-guidance goal
Set goals that are well balanced-not too many nor too few, and not too high nor too low. Write down your attainable goals and work on them according to their importance. Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting. M. Russell Ballard
written
The Meyer Lansky part was written for you. I'll do it if I'm available. Dustin Hoffman
written wrote
I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy. Deborah Moggach
written
I've written more than one song, you know. Steve Harley
written
What a script. Wow. It was like it was written to be that way. Felipe Alou
writing people trying
Speak up when you're supposed to, as opposed to trying to write prescriptions for the way people should live. Don Cheadle
writing
I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't. Don Cheadle
writing foolish draws
I can draw and write, and you'd be foolish not to hire me. Djuna Barnes
writing men needs
Because women live creatively, they rarely experience the need to depict or write about that which to them is a primary experience and which men know only at a second remove. Women create naturally, men create artificially. Ashley Montagu
writing cutting track
As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape. Bernie Worrell
writing way saws
Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this. Duane Michals