Quotes about writing
writing self alive
There is probably no finer prose writer alive in Britain now, no-one better at making a sentence, no-one better at descriptive writing, no-one who can get so close to the vividness of other peoples interior selves. Linda Grant
writing play giving
The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself. Linda Lavin
writing magic energy
Writing is magic because it harnesses the energy generated by the chaos within. Linda Gray
writing numbers noise
Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot." "You found a pen?" "No, but I have a can of Cheez Whiz. I'll write your number on the counter with it, then find a pen and copy it." Jaine recited her number and listened to the spewing noise as Shelley Cheez-Whizzed it on her countertop. Linda Howard
writing giving people
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you. Linda Cardellini
writing rights years
We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave. Linda Ellerbee
writing reflection stronger
Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman. Lil' Kim
writing soul important
Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs. Lilith Saintcrow
writing want able
I've read horoscopes before and what they say. But I would actually love to not be what somebody writes down - I don't want to be described. I don't want you to be able to read something and say, "This is how Wayne is." I'd rather you meet me and decide. I'd rather be different, basically. Lil Wayne
writing ideas thank-god
Thank God, I'm actually infatuated and in love with what I do, therefore I am what I do. So I never have to forget [any of my ideas] because I never have to remember, I just am. I don't need to write stuff down.
writing self house
The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life. Leon Edel
writing feel-good feelings
I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it is just a feeling that feels good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody. Leon Bridges
writing rewriting i-can
I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. Leo Tolstoy
writing play laughing
If you asked someone, 'Can you play the violin?' and he says, 'I don't know, I have not tried, perhaps I can,' you laugh at him. Whereas about writing, people always say: 'I don't know, I have not tried,' as though one had only to try and one would become a writer.
writing order each-day
I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.
writing law easy
Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
writing stories sides
I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.
writing journey men
All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
writing pieces flesh
One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.
writing reality people
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there's an explosion-that's Plot. Leigh Brackett
writing pieces paper
When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there. Leo Ornstein
writing men ears
Because essentially Schoenberg was an extremely gifted man. And in spite of many of his theories and so on, when he really began to write music, he still was guided very much by his internal hearing, by what we call your internal ear.
writing important pieces
In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor.
writing thinking burden
I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.
writing written
You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.
writing thinking want
No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it's that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music.
writing exercise thinking
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. Leo Kottke
writing trying hens
If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney. Leo Burnett
writing speech advertising
I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.
writing story-writers helping
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it. Leo Rosten
writing want indiana
But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to. Lawrence Kasdan
writing night rest-of-your-life
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
writing thinking ideas
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It is easy to be wrong and misguided in your head. It is harder when the product of your mind can be criticized by others. Of course, it is a rare human who admits that he has been persuaded that he is wrong. But it is even rarer for a human to ignore when he has been proven wrong. The writing of ideas, arguments, and criticism improves democracy. Lawrence Lessig