Quotes about writing
writing years people
The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.' Henry Rollins
writing trying heartbreaking
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
writing views stuff
I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.
writing simple thinking
All good writers inspire me as I have never thought I was any good. As far as a writer who made me think I could do it, it was Henry Miller. Not because I thought he was so simple that I reckoned I could pull it off as well, but it was his freedom and guts that really moved me to want to write all the time.
writing preparation stage
With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most part, what you hear me say is pretty much what I wanted to get at.
writing speak
I like how I write better than how I speak.
writing impact connections
For me, speaking to anyone - on a stage, in an elevator - I am looking for impact and connection. The same goes for writing.
writing dull aging
Everything can be learned, including, to a very large extent, to be what you are not. You can learn to be pretty if you are plain, charming if you are dull, thin if you are fat, youthful if you are aging, how to write though you are inarticulate, how to make money though you are not good with figures. Henry Anatole Grunwald
writing frustration wells
He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem. John Milton
writing together care
Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care. Norman Cousins
writing miles hardest
Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. Norm MacDonald
writing annoyed wells
After 'Kidulthood,' I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed. Noel Clarke
writing stories feds
I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.'
writing tests scripts
When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.
writing thinking hair
I don't think I'm egotistical, and I know what my limits are: I'm a black guy who's probably losing his hair. But I'm happy to play roles that I'm given, and I'm happy to play roles that I write.
writing boredom speed
I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health. Noel Coward
writing guitar useless
It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words Noel Gallagher
writing wife brilliant
My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.
writing sound band
I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.'
writing rocks poppies
There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write.
writing lines jokes
I start with the joke line and write backward. Nipsey Russell
writing sometimes novel
I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel. Noah Baumbach
writing school training
I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.
writing trying imagine
I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.
writing done kind
I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.
writing thinking giving
I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for some people, but I found it nerve-wracking. I was too busy worrying that no one would give me their words to speak. Nina Conti
writing poet wells
Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet. Misha Collins
writing use pads
I don't use any fance quill pens or pads, because I can't read my own handwriting. I just use whatever computer is laying around, and start writing. Mitch Albom
writing next evening
Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well.
writing interesting mind
Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.
writing problem critics
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.
writing grades memoir
I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir.
writing tennis balls
Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving. Mike Weir