Adrian Tomine Quotes
I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.
Adrian Tomine
Quotes to Explore
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
E. L. Doctorow
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I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can't understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling.
Kate Atkinson
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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.
Rani Mukerji
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
Pankaj Mishra
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I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted 'Tsotsi,' so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me.
Gavin Hood
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
Sammy Cahn
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
Karen Bender
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I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
Mal Peet
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There are no rules to writing a song.
Randy Castillo
Mötley Crüe
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
Dan Brown
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Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.
Rachel Kushner
