Quotes about writing
writing thinking dancing
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature. Lee Hall
writing artist perspective
I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral. Laurie Anderson
writing emotion
Write about the emotions you fear the most. Laurie Halse Anderson
writing creative stories
Being a creative person. It's so much more rewarding when you find things on your own, to live whatever the writers are writing or to display what the director is looking for. You are the thing that everybody uses to get the story out. Laura Bell Bundy
writing ballads shows
I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?
writing heart soul
I'm definitely inspired by music; I feel like I can express a part of myself, a part of my heart and my soul, that I can't express just acting by writing music or singing music. It takes the emotions to another level. I feel really connected to something else, you know.
writing eggs acting
You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
writing rocks quality
Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky. Unless you're dealing with a revival, which is why I do so many revivals - because my specific tone and vocal quality lends itself to that type of writing. Laura Benanti
writing comedian video
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
writing musical want
Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
writing men religion
Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion. L. Ron Hubbard
writing artist together
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist. He adds these things together in his basic presentation. He knows what he is doing. And how to do it. And then to his he adds his message.
writing research
What is generally missed, is that my writing financed research.
writing love-is things-in-life
My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything. Taylor Swift
writing wish mail
Sometimes when relationships end, you write an e-mail and say everything you wish you said. Sometimes you don't push send.
writing ive-learned made
I've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it.
writing
I always have to be writing.
writing singing lucky
I'm so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it.
writing knowing skins
I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
writing goal perspective
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal. Tatyana Tolstaya
writing practice honor
I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule. Tayari Jones
writing people novel
When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.
writing thinking creating
I try to be very honest in my writing. It's amazing, though, to think that people are responding to what we do, but it's okay if they're responding in a positive way too, because I think just creating anything at all to put out there is a gift. Tavi Gevinson
writing trying notes
I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do. Tatiana Maslany
writing thinking issues
If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or accurate, to me, to write about "being [abstraction]." I think there are some other reasons. Tao Lin
writing thinking views
If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.
writing comedy painting
I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things. Takeshi Kitano
writing responsibility thinking
As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like it. Tama Janowitz
writing play collaboration
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration. Talib Kweli
writing fighting ask-me
They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
writing important share
It’s an important time to be writing about the connections we share with our fellow creatures. It’s a great time to be alive. Sy Montgomery
writing lines
I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them. Syd Barrett
writing letters just-thinking-of-you
The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters. Svetlana Alliluyeva