Writing Quotes
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For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing.
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I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.
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As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.
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I can't do anything other than writing. I'm not very able, generally. If I'd not been a writer, I would probably be a very unsuccessful political adviser to someone or have worked for a council.
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People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.
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It's been said that happiness writes white. It doesn't show up on the page. When you're on holiday and writing a letter home to a friend, no one wants a letter that says the food is good and the weather is charming and the accommodations comfortable. You want to hear about lost passports and rat-filled shacks.
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I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.
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I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound.
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I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.
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The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.
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Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.
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I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.
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The standard of writing that I'm getting now from 'Big Finish' compares very favourably with some of the stuff I was doing on screen in the '80s.
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I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
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After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.
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I've been writing full-time since about 1984 - mostly magazine features and columns.
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Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi.
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I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?
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Yes. When I’m writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.
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In the past, I'd been sort of a fan of writing a coat hanger of a script, and something I could hang ideas off of.
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Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.
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When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody close to me. It's often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most.
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Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track in particular. Horses may win races, but they also win hearts as this impressive book proves beyond doubt. A memorable, sure-footed debut.
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This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band.
