Writing Quotes
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There are certain things that I know I don't want to do anymore. Playing out-and-out terrorists who terrorise people and don't actually move the conversation on are not worth doing. So that's probably another reason I don't go back to America, because a lot of it is like that. It's boring, dull, very lazy writing.
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The ideal for me is to mix it up. When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are anthropologists and people who are poking around in other fields, I like to have them all in the same workshop, and not worry about genre.
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I've discovered I prefer to prepare a few notes or actually write the speech so I can really hone it down to hopefully be entertaining, try and get a laugh at least by the second line, and then say what you need to say.
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Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.
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I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.
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The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.
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No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.
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The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.
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Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.
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Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.
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Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto, I always have to think about Sasuke. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum, like yin and yang.
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I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.
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What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that they are 48 individuals. It's not, you know, a preset on a keyboard. It's all these people who have opinions and who are making decisions about how to play.
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Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.
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Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your brain will lie to you. It loves the paycheck, it loves positive feedback. Your gut is under no obligation to make you feel good.
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What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?
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I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it. And it's funny, I've started to notice it, I started to see it after a while, that that's kind of a way of writing that I was doing. But I didn't set about to do that.
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The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great length.
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Looks like the whole music touring industry is on hold for a little while. I’m trying to stay positive and enjoy the time off with my family and do a lot of writing. So far we’re all fine and I’ll keep you updated on…
