Writing Quotes
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When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.
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I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.
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Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.
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Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
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When you ask, did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.
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Sometimes we'll walk into a set, and I'll think, 'Oh, this film doesn't look like this.' You know, 'cause I read the script, and I saw it in my head in some other way. Which is a lot like what happens when they're writing a movie that's based on a book - I'm like, 'Ah! He doesn't have a beard.' You have these visions in your head about it.
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One can become drab, dull, and boring doing the same thing every day. Writing helps break the monotony.
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The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading
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I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.
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Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.
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If you want more diversity in the industry, you need diverse people writing scripts and developing them.
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Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.
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If you're writing about what you're feeling about something, then you're in good stead.
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Good traders trade. Good letter writers write letters.
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All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have emotions and have real-life thoughts.
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I admire writers who have the tenacity to write a blog, and I'm told by everyone that it's an important element in remaining visible in the online world. That said, I'm personally turned off by writers' blogs that do nothing but sing their own accomplishments.
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Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more effective your writing. We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.
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Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book.
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Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it!
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But being able to talk to so many patients from so many walks of life gives a tremendous window into people's lives. This is not to say I want to write about individual patients, but I think that after listening to the concerns of people who are so different from me, I can more realistically portray characters who are so different from me. Writing Character Thinking Giving People
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Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.
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I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.
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Here's the bottom line; writers write. Sometimes words flow easily. Sometimes it's like sloughing through mud. Either way a professional writer keeps writing.
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I noticed when I was writing the book that I would tend to mention 'outside' songs right through to about the middle of the 70's. And then all of a sudden that starts disappearing from the book, and just about everything I'm talking about from that point on are the records that I'm totally involved in.
