Quotes about writing
writing hands solitude
My writing method is to sit in a very small hut absolutely alone. I write in total solitude. And I write on paper, on hand, and then it gets typed. Normal for me. Sally Potter
writing ideas insecurity
I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did. Sally Kirkland
writing acting comedy
I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy. Sally Hawkins
writing government interesting
... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it. Sally Quinn
writing school drawing
I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people. Sally Phillips
writing comedian casts
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
writing absurd situation
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
writing people commodity
There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and a lot of them were women at the time. This was in the thirties and forties, to make product for the people who were under contract, who were their assets to the studios. But that doesn't exist anymore - and as a result, the people who are in the industry write products that interest them. Sally Field
writing preparation trying
I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me to write but which I hope I can go on trying for. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
writing
Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write. Ruth Rendell
writing people letters
I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.
writing thinking balls
Do you think I know what I'm doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it's writing, or the ball can guess where it's going next. Rumi
writing fighting letters
I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight. Roy Cohn
writing past careers
During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print. Tom Rachman
writing voice romance
I tried writing adult romances, but it just didn't fit my voice. Simone Elkeles
writing profession
Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing. Simone de Beauvoir
writing worship trade
Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.
writing taste ashes
A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.
writing flying made
I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much. Simon Sinek
writing our-world together-we-can
My challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible. My why is to inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that together we can change our world. That's why I wake up every single day. I'm agnostic to the form it takes: I teach, I write, I speak, I advise.
writing artist theatre
One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a w-r-i-t-e; in other words, that a playwright is more of a craftsman than an artist of the big novel. Simon McBurney
writing thinking editing
A movie is a creative process from its conception, through its writing, to its execution, to the editing. I think with the best films there is some kind of contribution from one person all the way through that. The best films are made by people who write, direct, and edit, so there's continuity. Simon Pegg
writing style done
Having done Spaced, I can't even remember it being that difficult on Spaced, but we know what the end's going to be like. We know why we're putting in this amount of work, or why a shot might be particularly tricky, because we know that what we do is create a whole package. It's the writing, the performances, and the style of camerawork, that's what we're working toward, and we're prepared for that.
writing nuts shooting
The nuts and bolts of shooting a film and writing a film are still really difficult. But what makes it easier is the fact that you know you're going to go to work with your best mate.
writing effort leader
Transforming a brand into a socially responsible leader doesn't happen overnight by simply writing new marketing and advertising strategies. It takes effort to identify a vision that your customers will find credible and aligned with their values. Simon Mainwaring
writing clothes america
All over America, people are making kamikaze choices about what to wear. They are misrepresenting the goods. They are letting their clothes write checks that their personalities cannot cash. Simon Doonan
writing vocabulary actors
It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and the actors act. Simon Helberg
writing interesting gossip
When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add, 'and I don't want to read that in your magazine!' In which case I wouldn't use it. But if they didn't remember to say it, I'd nip off to the loo, write the story up, come back and change the subject. Simon Hoggart
writing son stories
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. Rick Riordan
writing thinking would-be
I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
writing matter letting-you-go
You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
writing ideas able
I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
writing thinking years
I'll think about things for thirty or forty years before I'll write it. Richard Brautigan