Quotes about writing
writing men ordinary
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. Joseph Addison
writing ambitious literature
Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
writing people excellence
To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
writing two giving
Hudibras has defined nonsense, as Cowley does wit, by negatives. Nonsense, he says, is that which is neither true nor false. These two great properties of nonsense, which are always essential to it, give it such a peculiar advantage over all other writings, that it is incapable of being either answered or contradicted.
writing people would-be
Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people-if only they'd stop writing. Laura Miller
writing editors agents
For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published.
writing answers
I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers. Laura Marling
writing ignorance thinking
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris. Laura Lippman
writing character actors
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used. Laura Linney
writing needs actors
Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in the world don't write for actors. They don't understand the architecture of what an actor needs to get from point A to point B.
writing ideas lakes
When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever. Laini Taylor
writing giving finding-yourself
Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
writing crafts pieces
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
writing thinking mortgage
I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage. Lisa Scottoline
writing thinking stories
Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.
writing thinking trying
The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.
writing thousand
I write a thousand words a day. Lisa See
writing people
People write to me all the time, and I write back.
writing ungrateful feelings
Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial.
writing want
I just want to start writing, whether or not any of it is useable or marketable. Lisa Kudrow
writing asking-questions style
I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too. Lisa Loeb
writing thinking goal
Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody. Lisa Marie Presley
writing records intention
I sit with the intention to write a record.
writing writing-music process
I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.
writing purging process
When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.
writing thinking ideas
I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for others one day, not realizing what I sort of had to climb. I had an idea a little bit, but I think that I underestimated the whole thing.
writing singing together
I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I've loved writing my whole life. When I put them together, it was probably in my early 20s where I put words to music for the first time.
writing night white
The Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. White’s elegant writing and masterful plot kept me turning pages late into the night. Lisa McMann
writing thinking people
It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think. Johnny Cash
writing home next-day
An actor shouldn't have to leave the set and go home and write a bunch of stuff for a bunch of other people, the next day. I found it very unpleasant. Johnny Depp
writing guy want
When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads. John Turturro
writing people observation
A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large. John Trudell
writing thinking waiting
I have never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think the pleasures of not writing are so great that if you ever start indulging them you will never write again. John Updike