Quotes about writing
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 quiet-moments silence
I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my own fears. The spirits of the dead have nothing on it. The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint on the darkness in a quiet moment. Mark Lawrence
writing people weapons
An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet. Mario Benedetti
writing thinking world
I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.
writing character sometimes
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself. Marilyn Manson
writing faces dare
I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.
writing character healthy
I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear. Michael K. Williams
writing thinking comedy
I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is. Michael Hirst
writing men emotional
Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health. Michael Gurian
writing facts mass
When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence. Michael Hastings
writing two people
It's much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations. Michael Haneke
writing roles actors
I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.
writing dark thinking
People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.
writing iceland play
I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here. Michael Bruce
writing self doubt
It's so easy to get caught up in your own self-doubt when you're writing. It can be so easy to tell yourself, "Who am I kidding?" Michael Cera
writing talking guy
You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to. Michael Caine
writing special looks
What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write; and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
writing actors comedy
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
writing decision massachusetts
As an economics undergraduate, I also worked on a part-time basis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a company that was advising customers about portfolio decisions, writing reports. Merton Miller
writing years effort
When you have been writing for a lot of years, you have to make an effort not to start repeating yourself. It occurred to me that I tended to tread certain ground automatically, because it was comfortable, but that there were areas I avoided automatically because they made me nervous. Merrill Markoe
writing doors people
We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope. Merle Haggard
writing thinking opposites
Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto, I always have to think about Sasuke. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum, like yin and yang. Masashi Kishimoto
writing ifs
Shaw writes as if it were always midday. Mason Cooley
writing thinking circles
Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.
writing play roles
Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.
writing urgent
I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.
writing sorrow unhappiness
Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
writing temptation aphorism
Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.
writing interesting sublime
The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
writing solitude reader
A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
writing stories ifs
If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not Mary-Kate Olsen