Ellen Gilchrist Quotes
I never thought it was unusual to write, and I've been writing or pretending to write since before I even started school.
Quotes to Explore
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All autobiography is storytelling; all writing is autobiography.
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I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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I'm a big lipstick girl - I'm old school that way.
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I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
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If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
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When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an especially insured career choice, so I was like, 'It's a hobby. Whatever.'
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My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.
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My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
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We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.
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It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
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I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.
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There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.
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I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.
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People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.
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I learned how to do stop-frame animation and I experimented with that a lot, and pretty much that was my mode of animating through high school.
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I never thought it was unusual to write, and I've been writing or pretending to write since before I even started school.
