Quotes about writing
writing impossible knows
Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible. Anne Rice
writing typewriters people
There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.
writing literature want
I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.
writing character thinking
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.
writing decision safe
... what I fear in writing is the safe decision.
writing enough i-can
When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.
writing risk fool
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
writing years ghouls
The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.
writing creative-juices want
If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again. Write. Writing is what makes a writer, nothing more and nothing less.
writing thinking people
People write to me all the time to tell me that "homosexuality is an abomination." They base this on a quote in Leviticus. I think the Bible has proved to be a very mysterious and dangerous document.
writing expression order
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order. Anna Garlin Spencer
writing thinking people
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way. Anita Desai
writing style trying
My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.
writing people trying
Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. Anita Hill
writing lines littles
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. Anita Diament
writing moral negotiation
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. Anita Brookner
writing despair
Writing has freed me from the despair of living.
writing attention innocence
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
writing knows
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
writing acting talent
Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life. Anita Loos
writing thinking important
I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing.
writing rocks challenges
Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing... or producing. Andrew Taylor
writing thinking years
I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking. Andrew Sullivan
writing trying stories
I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples. Andrew Solomon
writing sleep people
For better or worse, a lot of people's images are based on the first things that are written about them. You can't control what people write about you, so - good or bad - I have never lost sleep about it. Andrew Luck
writing college people
When people ask me if musical theatre should be taught in music colleges, I reply that there is no need. All anyone needs to study is the second act of La Boheme because it is the most tightly constructed piece of musical theatre that there is. It is practically director-proof: you can't stage it badly because it just works too well. If you can write La Boheme, you can write anything. I would also recommend studying Britten's Peter Grimes. Andrew Lloyd Webber
writing care want
As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.
writing thinking piano
I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.
writing thinking way
I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world. Andrea Arnold
writing mind actors
I never write with an actor in mind - never.
writing class grew
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.
writing giving doe
A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does by giving it a shape. Andre Maurois
writing negative novel
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.