Writing Quotes
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I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.
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What I love about Blink-128 is that we write catchy melodies with dark lyrics.
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I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.
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I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.
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When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.
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The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.
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At night, never go to bed without knowing what you'll write tomorrow.
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Everyone says TV's going down the tubes, and it's all reality, but there's some really good writing and some amazing opportunities if you're lucky enough to throw your hat in the ring.
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Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing M*A*S*H; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.
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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 had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed.
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If thou need money, get it in an honest way-by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.
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And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw those conclusions: That they were conservative. They were fiscally conservative and socially conservative.
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Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive.
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I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people.
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There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
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The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I've done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.
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Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it's being turned into a thousand songs.
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Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.
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When I'm writing the text for a book like 'Little White Rabbit,' I read it aloud, alone, in my studio, again and again and again - because the rhythm has to be exactly right. After I get my manuscript to the point where I think it is perfect, I begin to think about what I want the art to look like.
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Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout.
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When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.
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There are many forms of writing that are common, but also very formulaic, such as annual reports or economic studies. In those areas, people would probably be relieved not to have to write those kinds of things because they are mundane and drudgery.
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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
