Quotes about writing
writing world satire
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons. Juvenal
writing insane possession
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.
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Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.
writing men generosity
Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity. Agnes Repplier
writing justice nations
A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal. Abba Eban
writing thinking class
I don't think I write differently when I'm writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were in a film class and there was time to think about it, we could point out differences. Aaron Sorkin
writing mean important
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I'm writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.
writing want directors
When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.
writing play television
The thing I know how to do most is write a play. I came up loving plays and learning about plays and writing plays. I actually feel like an outsider when I'm writing movies and television.
writing thinking people
Honestly, I don't try to guess at what most people want. I don't think I'd guess right, and I just think that that's not a good recipe for storytelling. I try to write what I like, what I think my friends would like.
writing division-of-labor doe
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
writing play watches
The stuff that I write doesn't work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
writing thinking would-be
I think that if I couldn't write, I would be unemployable.
writing thinking people
I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
writing television deadline
With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.
writing eight scripts
Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
writing rooms connections
There's that process of writing it - then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
writing want-something way
You can only write, 'Somebody wants something, something else is in their way of getting it.'
writing doors perfect
I love writing. I'm not particularly comfortable in the actual world - I'm much more comfortable on the page. So if I could have a life where I could just slip the pages under the door and somebody would slip me a meal back, then that would be perfect for me.
writing life-is-good america
When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it
writing character keys
The key to writing for Richard (Pryor) was to just push his buttons and then know when to push the buttons on your cassette recorder. You'd get him started, then surreptitiously start recording when he got inspired and started walking around the room and improvising in character. Then you'd get it all transcribed and take credit for it. Alan Thicke
writing rapper fake
After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper. Alan Light
writing intelligent needs
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Alan Kay
writing helping
I'm just going to write because I cannot help it. Charlotte Bronte
writing play way
When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise. Charlie Haden
writing trying may
I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere. Edward Abbey
writing facts fidelity
In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.
writing selective
I would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective.
writing people challenges
Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.
writing mean volcanoes
When I write "paradise" I mean not only apple trees and golden women but also scorpions and tarantulas and flies, rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, sandstorms, volcanoes and earthquakes, bacteria and bear, cactus, yucca, bladderweed, ocotillo and mesquite, flash floods and quicksand, and yes - disease and death and the rotting of flesh.
writing people singing
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing. Eddie Van Halen
writing
I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
writing character mind
When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum. Atom Egoyan