Quotes about writing
writing paper excuse
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. John Steinbeck
writing thinking goes-on
If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it-bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn't belong there.
writing stories crafts
I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.
writing bird actors
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. John Simm
writing thinking social
I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic. John Shirley
writing drunk drug
I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.
writing
I love to write poetry. Shayne Ward
writing people want
What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.
writing want
I don't want my writing to be recognized. Shawn Ryan
writing unique people
I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.
writing thinking appreciate
I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day. Sherry Turkle
writing happened ifs
If I can write everything out plainly, perhaps I will myself understand better what has happened. Sherwood Anderson
writing absurdity
The writing of words can lead to all sorts of absurdities.
writing ifs
If you are to become a writer you'll have to stop fooling with words.
writing technology different
Technology has helped me with the writing and recording processes, and it's a great way to reach out to fans of my music, ... Dell's combining all these different technologies and making it really easy to enjoy them. Sheryl Crow
writing firsts stories
The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. Terry Pratchett
writing may close-friends
A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it. Nina Bawden
writing age life-is
One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
writing thieves tools
All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.
writing way different
The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different way. Not like a food writer. Nigella Lawson
writing limits able
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
writing editing four
Of every four words I write, I strike out three.
writing expression obscure
Spero Speroni explains admirably how an author who writes very clearly for himself is often obscure to his readers. "It is," he says, "because the author proceeds from the thought to the expression, and the reader from the expression to the thought. Nicolas Chamfort
writing years ideas
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control. Nick Swardson
writing stories rewards
The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story connects with a reader and they take the time to tell me about it. Nick Earls
writing anxiety needs
Don't be too concerned about the wingnut ears. Anxiety produces the wrong pheromones. Roll with the punches. Make time for life around your deep abiding need to write. Say Yes more, but not always. Say No enough that you have a life.
writing people stories
I'm a plotter. A thinker, a note-maker, a mapper and a flow-charter. I'm up for using any device that will teach me more about the people I'm writing about and their story.
writing honor-and-respect use
If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life. Nick Flynn
writing needs print
Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.
writing good-day
On a good day I write, all day.
writing creative hot
Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process. Nick Frost
writing poet essays
Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays. Nicholson Baker
writing pseudonyms would-be
While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read.