Quotes about writing
writing thinking acting
And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way. Matthew Vaughn
writing bored people
Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it's very natural. You get bored writing one kind of thing all the time. Matthew Tobin Anderson
writing thinking circles
I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.
writing
That was one of the key things - when you asked the story about the writing of the story - one of the things we wanted to make sure was that it grew out of. Matt Reeves
writing artist
When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist. Matt LeBlanc
writing knack way
Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.
writing opportunity thinking
Historically, WordPress has been purely focused on the writing side. However, were thinking about mobile completely differently, and I think theres a big opportunity to take the community of creators that loves WordPress and deliver an audience to the amazing things theyre making. Matt Mullenweg
writing people facts
I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write. Maya Rudolph
writing goal choices
I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.
writing giving trying
I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do. I need to understand the artwork without giving it a specific materiality or solid form. Maya Lin
writing ifs
And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. Maynard James Keenan
writing men wish
I want to find a genie in a bottle that can grant me three wishes. I want to be able to speak, read, write, and understand any language ever written or spoken, just any language throughout the history of man. That would be one of my wishes from the genie, so I would have to put "multilingual" on the resume, should I ever find the genie.
writing lord angelou
I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.' Maya Angelou
writing apology thinking
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people.
writing black-and-white thinking
I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.
writing serious problem
One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.
writing ignorance people
If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.
writing names want
I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.
writing get-over
You never get over the fear of writing.
writing people black
I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.
writing who-i-am darkness
When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.
writing hair mind
When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.
writing imagination stories
Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination. Maurice Sendak
writing age extraordinary
I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to write extraordinary things, and to really find myself.
writing together pieces
I've written quite a few things, but I've put it on hold for now to see how everything fits together. Then I'll approach it and write specifically to see how the pieces fit in the puzzle. Matt Sharp
writing secret famous-writers
Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret. Matthew Arnold
writing men two
For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.
writing people trying
I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, "Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive." Things should be better. Matt Taibbi
writing good-writing
Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it. Meg Wolitzer
writing imagination why-we-write
The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write. Meg Rosoff
writing dark self
Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.
writing years fiction
I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction. Meg Cabot
writing illustration used
I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators.