Quotes about writing
writing needs made
I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk about it. Writers are made into performers these days, including myself, but there are some instances in which I will not perform. Nadine Gordimer
writing thinking work-out
a writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think and time just to let things work out. Nothing is worse for this than society. Nothing is worse for this than the abrasive, if enjoyable, effect of other people.
writing literature stories
I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. Naguib Mahfouz
writing want lasts
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
writing men thinking
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.
writing school home
When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week ... I write stories the same way. Events at home, in school, at work, in the street, these are the bases for a story. Some experiences leave such a deep impression that instead of talking about them at the club I work them into a novel.
writing people telling-the-truth
The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us... Miriam Makeba
writing envy pity
It is better to arouse envy than pity. Publilius Syrus
writing giving joy
I don't write to give joy to readers but to give them a conscience. Pramoedya Ananta Toer
writing order loser
Let us see whether it is the New Order or me who will be the loser before Indonesian history. I have won. The New Order has fallen and my writings have been translated into 40 languages.
writing men expression
The First Amendment guarantees liberty of human expression in order to preserve in our Nation what Mr. Justice Holmes called a "free trade in ideas." To that end, the Constitution protects more than just a man's freedom to say or write or publish what he wants. It secures as well the liberty of each man to decide for himself what he will read and to what he will listen. The Constitution guarantees, in short, a society of free choice. Potter Stewart
writing archetype
We live with our archetypes, but can we live in them? Poul Anderson
writing thinking choices
If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you should be conscious of exactly how you are imitating him - word choice, sentence structure, motifs? - and think about why you're doing it. Poppy Z. Brite
writing long being-ignored
If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.
writing thinking voice
I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.
writing animal humanity
If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen - sometimes effacing, with an unintentional stroke of her paw, lines of whose tenor she disapproved. Pierre Loti
writing ifs
I prefer writing for myself to perform, I guess. But if I had to choose, I'd rather perform in someone's movie than write a movie for someone else. Kristen Schaal
writing talking actors
It's weird talking about projects as an actor because you're so in them. I would prefer to write a paper and deliver it to everyone via e-mail. Kristen Stewart
writing skills want
I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train yourself to know better. To know yourself better. And it's intimidating as hell.
writing feelings ambitious
I'd written Smashed not because I was ambitious and not because writing down my feelings was cathartic (it felt more like playing one's own neurosurgeon sans anesthesia). No. I'd made a habit--and eventually a profession--of memoir because I hail from one of those families where shows of emotions are discouraged. Koren Zailckas
writing ideas cracks
I dont know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, its always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there.
writing hard
It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write. Kris Allen
writing forever
Writing music and playing guitar was really what I wanted to do forever.
writing thinking rapper
I think I write more outspoken than the average rapper. Kool Keith
writing men sides
I'm not against women. I'm not against men. I just write about me telling my side of how I would say something.
writing records sexiest
I write the most sexiest records out.
writing people focus
I try not to focus on what people say too much because there's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is focus on staying true to the style of music I write and sing because that is the only way it's going to come off as honest. Kip Moore
writing littles annoying
If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. Kingsley Amis
writing simple government
Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly obscure wording. When a person writes to the Veterans Administration, he is entitled to an easily understood, frank, and courteous reply. If our replies cannot be understood, they are not only not worth writing, but they simply create additional work. Omar N. Bradley
writing men arabia
For some men, nothing is Written unless they Write it. Omar Sharif
writing positivity people
You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script. Oprah Winfrey
writing process writing-process
I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie. Olivia Wilde
writing criticism world
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. Oliver Goldsmith