Quotes about writing
writing brain
The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself. Gore Vidal
writing people trying
I am a born novelist, which does not happen all that often. There are people who try to write for a certain time, then they become Ministers of Culture under de Gaulle, and they begin living their own fictions.
writing mean past
There was more of a flow to my output of writing in the past, certainly. Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, Well, so-and-so will like this, which you do when you're younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
writing views voice
I write in different styles because I hear different voices in my head. It would be boring to have always the same voice, point of view.
writing thinking class
I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.
writing alcohol bedtime
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
writing thinking advice
Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
writing interesting way
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.
writing thinking just-do-it
In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.
writing two force
These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.
writing thinking paper
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place
writing born company
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head.
writing cities perfect
You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because there's too much going on that you can't take into account. You can, however, write a perfect sentence now and then. I have.
writing player casting
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.
writing thinking who-i-am
I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don't really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice. Gillian Welch
writing character thinking
I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking. Gillian Flynn
writing millions hard
There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.
writing equal-pay class
In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay. Gillian Jacobs
writing feels wells
It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well. Giancarlo Esposito
writing routine want
It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about. Harvey Pekar
writing people literature
I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.
writing wife argument
I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.
writing people common
I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.
writing people wish
I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes
writing stuff splendor
Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.
writing filled-in space
I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. Harold Ross
writing character doors
The theater's much the most difficult kind of writing for me, the most naked kind, you're so entirely restricted.... I find myself stuck with these characters who are either sitting or standing, and they've either got to walk out of a door, or come in through a door, and that's about all they can do. Harold Pinter
writing want usual
I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of any particular social function. I write because I want to write. I don't see any placards on myself, and I don't carry any banners.
writing thinking giving
I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.
writing wish different
I sometimes wish desperately that I could write like someone else, be someone else. No one particularly. Just if I could put the pen down on paper and suddenly come out in a totally different way.
writing thinking mind
I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and I think it's worked--in the sense that I find there is an audience.
writing literature life-worth-living
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
writing opportunity people
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a writer, at least nobody can tell me what to do. I can write what I want. I might not sell it, but at least I'm in control. Harold Ramis