Writing Quotes
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I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.
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I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.
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Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.
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Writing is like masturbating when you have just masturbated. It’s not fun. But it has to be done, or else people would not have anything to read while they sit on the toilet.
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I need a release from whatever I'm writing.
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I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going.
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I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.
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The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals.
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I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.
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I feel like I've got so much to do, from a music perspective. Jamie's done his record and traveled around the world with it. Romy did all those writing sessions. I would love to do what Romy's done and experience that other side of the pop machine. It sounds terrifying and, at times, a little bit soulless. That's a real pet peeve of mine, when people talk about songwriting in a cynical way. But having said that I still want to do it, just to know what it's like.
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My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members.
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I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.
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Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today.
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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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Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.
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I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.
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All writers start out mimicking other writers. I've never relinquished that. I have a good ear for speech and writing patterns.
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I've never really felt comfortable co-writing. I usually go at my own speed, you know.
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No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.
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I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.
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I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.
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I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake.
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Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.
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Really, I don't like to do any household chores. There was a time when I loved to cook, but that was when I wasn't writing books.
