Quotes about writing
writing arbitrary jazz
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Francoise Sagan
writing thinking stories
I used to think, 'How can I write my life story? I'm still living it. Frank Serpico
writing want dull
Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull. Frank Robinson
writing europe different
I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.
writing play age
Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve. George Jean Nathan
writing crowds conversation
I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation. Chris Hardwick
writing ideas waiting-in-line
Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.
writing ideas laughing
Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.
writing views people
There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important. Christopher A. Sims
writing journey purpose
For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear. Christopher Columbus
writing two apples
I listen to the Mars Volta and Fiona Apple every day. I feel if you do write music, you write what you listen to, and you couldn't possibly write in another genre. So those are the two that I usually use. Christian Serratos
writing care littles
I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I don't know if anyone would even care, at all.
writing way feels
One of the ways in which I feel close to God is writing poetry. Christian Wiman
writing discipline world
I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence that the world, including many prose writers, doesn't recognize as discipline. It is, though. It's the discipline to endure hours that you refuse to fill with anything but the possibility of poetry, though you may in fact not be able to write a word of it just then, and though it may be playing practical havoc with your life. It's the discipline of preparedness.
writing self people
It is easy enough to write and talk about God while remaining comfortable within the contemporary intellectual climate. Even people who would call themselves unbelievers often use the word gesturally, as a ready-made synonym for mystery. But if nature abhors a vacuum, Christ abhors a vagueness. If God is love, Christ is love for this one person, this one place, this one time-bound and time-ravaged self.
writing good-writing
All good writing leaves something unexpressed.
writing hands genius
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
writing suffering world
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
writing creating long
Because I also write, I really admire Latinas who are creating content. That's the next step. We can talk about seeing more Latinas on TV all day long, but it's about what we can do to make that happen. Women like Eva Longoria, Sofía Vergara, Jennifer Lopez, and Salma Hayek are producing a lot of great shows that feature Latinas. Those are the women who inspire me because they're not just acting; they're creating for the future. Chrissie Fit
writing thinking epiphany
I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions. Chrisette Michele
writing jigsaw-puzzles pieces
Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense or it doesn't work. Chrissie Hynde
writing thinking jokes
The thing about Donald [Trump] is the jokes write themselves. I don't even think of it to be trolling. What he says is the joke. Chrissy Teigen
writing want interviews
Basically, it's somebody who got stuck having to interview me who really wants to be a novelist, so they're writing these novellas and I was like, "It's not true, that didn't happen, they just made all that up! Why don't they just go ahead and be a novelist instead of bothering with interviewing me?" Christian Bale
writing character people
You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to hear the rhythm of the way the people talk, and then it becomes easier. Chris Terrio
writing strange-places people
The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. Chris Weitz
writing asking-questions illustration
At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration. Chris Van Allsburg
writing years eight
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head
writing thinking two
As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the writing, at the end of the day, for me. I don't care if it's a two-line cameo or the lead of the thing, as long as the project has some weight behind the writing and it's interesting and I think people will enjoy it. Chris Vance
writing ambition exercise
Fortunately, I'm able to make a living from comics, so I'm privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can't afford to be. It's really an uncomfortable situation, since I'm not an illustrator, though I do get calls from morally indefensible businesses offering me money to decorate their ambitions. It's extremely rare, almost unheard of, in fact, that I am asked to do a comic strip. Do writers get calls to pen Toyota advertisements? Do composers get asked to write chamber pieces about exercise machines? Chris Ware
writing drawing space
Comics is different than writing because when you draw something you are trying to visualize it and you are trying to put yourself in that space. And when you're drawing something, all sorts of associations come up in my mind that I never would have thought of otherwise.
writing thinking stories
I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.
writing way partners
Write 100 things that you love about your partner. It's another way of keeping yourself in check. It's hard to do. Chris Pirillo
writing government important
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue. Chris Patten