Quotes about writing
writing differences mythbusters
The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. Adam Savage
writing sitting buddy
I like sitting and writing with my buddies. Adam Sandler
writing would-be littles
I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.
writing movie-love done
I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet. Adam Brody
writing acting written
It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
writing sunday years
I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where Id give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks.
writing thinking
I think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time. Adam Duritz
writing stuff way
You live through stuff, and it affects the way you feel about the world, and you write about it.
writing how-you-feel feels
You aren't really writing about what you did; you're writing about how you feel.
writing fundamentals paper
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? Abraham Pais
writing cutting medicine
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina. Abraham Verghese
writing thinking apples
I think it's important to also realize that this isn't a case of Apple being asked to simply flip a switch or, you know, plug in a wire from one place to another. They're being asked to write new software that doesn't exist. They purposefully did not create this kind of backdoor... Angus King
writing vision impulse
The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life. Angus Wilson
writing novelists harsh
The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.
writing parent dying
It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come. Anita Baker
writing drawing stories
I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. Ani Difranco
writing stuff planets
It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it. Donald Miller
writing thinking trying
Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.
writing discipline different
I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.
writing reason memoir
The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.
writing people advice
I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.
writing thinking super-power
I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power
writing thinking ideas
I think writers would do better to consider that idea [to write to yourself], because you know yourself really well, and you never know your demographic fully. You only get into trouble if you try to please somebody you don't really understand.
writing pages life-is
Your life is a blank page. You write on it.
writing knowing challenges
The flow of writing is always a surprise and a challenge. Click the computer on and I am 17 again, wanting to write and not knowing if I can. Don Murray
writing two twenties
I write every day for two hours. But it's what I do for the other twenty-two hours that allows me to write.
writing men focus
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. Don Henley
writing people trying
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
writing thinking perfect
I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can, as many stories as you can. The best thing about being a writer is, a writer's craft is nearly perfect because a writer can go anywhere and do his craft. Dwayne McDuffie
writing chinese want
I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel. Colleen McCullough
writing doubt difficult
There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.
writing views looks
It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view. Colin Wilson
writing thinking blood
I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it. Claudia Christian