Writing Quotes
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I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.
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You know that gap between where you are and where you'd like to be? Within that gap, there is an ache and an aspirational leap, which is very good for writing.
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My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.
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Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.
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One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain - rigor and recklessness - simultaneously.
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Usually a song being hard to write is a sign that the song isn't good enough. It should be like a good kiss. Effortless and smooth.
Nanna Øland Fabricius -
Write hard and clear about what hurts.
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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
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My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.
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Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.
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Any writing teacher tells you to write what you know, and for better or for worse, Washington is a world I know well.
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Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories.
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Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.
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My writing, it's mostly fiction, but I want it to feel intimate and real.
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I just play music by listening and responding, so I don't know anything about writing songs or arranging and all of this stuff. You know, it's in my head, but I don't know how to get it out.
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I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.
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I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.
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I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around.
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Live it up so you can write it down.
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One of my earliest memories of writing at a piano was alongside my sister.
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I don't care about writing really.
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Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.
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I like writing about the issues we all bump up against as we get older, but I try to present them in a fun way.
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Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.
