Quotes about writing
writing done degrees
I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism Michael York
writing thinking editors
Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors/reporters/columnists get to find out what's on the minds of our readers, what you think we should be writing about, what ticks you off, what makes you happy. Sometimes it can confirm what you think readers are interested in; sometimes it can turn you around 180 degrees. Michael Wilbon
writing affair good-history
The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write. Michel de Montaigne
writing easier indifferent
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.
writing vanity obvious
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
writing causes doe
Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.
writing mad never-quit
I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
writing perfection people
An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.
writing men every-man
I would have every man write what he knows and no more.
writing hitting common
The vulgar and common esteem is seldom happy in hitting right; and I am much mistaken if, amongst the writings of my time, the worst are not those which have most gained the popular applause.
writing laughing long
Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't deserve it. An ad hominem attack on someone might get you a cheap laugh, but it doesn't earn you any long-term trust. The biggest rule was: you attack whoever's in power. Don't bring your personal bias to the table. Michael Schur
writing character trying
It's so much easier to write for an actor than for an imaginary character and then try to fit that character to an actor. It doesn't work very often in my experience.
writing helping archaeology
We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.
writing people half
Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very cunning people who are not only unfolding and revealing. Just like conjurors and magicians, they are hiding stuff too. Michael Rosen
writing rapper ability
My freestyling ability is nonexistent. I can't even write a verse if I tried to sit anywhere and write one. Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it. Michael Rapaport
writing alive want
By the end of the week, if I'm still alive, I get to write whatever I want about it all. Michael Musto
writing orchestra want
There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you want - you collaborate on a film score, and one of the good things is that someone else's work is motivating you. Michael Nyman
writing curiosity world
Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself. Michael Korda
writing trying three
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on. Markus Zusak
writing my-best-friend tests
Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
writing skulls giving
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him as if he'd gone insane. "How, though?" Lightly, he tapped her skull with his knuckles. "Memorize it. Then write it down for him.
writing pages fists
Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew.
writing share dump
If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom. Mark Twain
writing too-much bed
You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.
writing achievement squandering
To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.
writing years looks
Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this as a sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.
writing want satisfaction
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.
writing men ideas
A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality, and he trusts he can plunge those people into those incidents with interesting results.
writing play cards
If I'd seen a playwright ever write an' play at the same time, I'd have given 'em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an 'amen?'
writing inconvenience
In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.
writing trying boards
Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.
writing typewriters everyday
Some professional writers write everyday no matter what and perhaps that's the way it should be done, but it's not the way I do it. If I'm not pregnant with words and I'm not in labor with them, I don't even try to bring them forth because they won't be any good anyway. Once I'm ready to deliver, it's like being pregnant. I've got to find a typewriter or a piece of paper. The only words that have ever had any possible value to others seem to have been those words that just had to come out. Marianne Williamson
writing passion pulse
Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse.