Writing Quotes
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I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good practice to write things down.
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My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.
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If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.
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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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I made the rules I figured I could be the one to break them. I thought I would write about xenophobia, a hatred of foreigners. After I stated writing the story there was not a foreigner to be had. I did not want to just stick one in there so I could get a title out of it since it seemed like cheating. I never figured out how I could get out of this dilemma so I just called it X and weaved X traits into the story.
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Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.
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I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.
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Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well and who doesn't.
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Not to write, for many of us, is to die.
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I would love to write a mystery - a romantic, funny mystery.
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The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy The books that people talk about we never can recall And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.
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Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.
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Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.
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Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.
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Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.
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We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.
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I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Sometimes it just comes out in the writing. I'll get an idea as I'm writing the chapter. I try to go for maximum surprises in PLL, stuff you don't see coming. It's a lot of fun!
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Writing is my vacation from living.
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Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.
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I came on the old and best ways of writing through ignorance and experiment and was startled when truths leaped out of brushes like quail before gunshot.
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I'm too impatient to wait for things to happen to me. If I should be out of work for two months I would go crazy. So as soon as I'm free, I start writing. While it is necessary for me to write, I know that if I go too long without acting on the stage I don't feel well.
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You may be somebody who writes best for a small press that doesn't pay very well, but you might have a fascinating and intricate style that might not appeal to as many readers but will be incredibly meaningful to the readers you have. Truly, that's as wonderful if not more wonderful.
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You spend so much time in a studio writing for other people, you forget you sing, you know?
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I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.
