Writing Quotes
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I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.
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Of course, literature is the only spiritual and humane career. Even painting tends to dumness, and music turns people erotic, whereas the more you write the nicer you become.
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Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising things, and so on. In other words, as a writer, you have to be more than a stylist. You need to learn to become a master of storytelling.
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I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better I would love to be a writer.
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The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd completely detached from my shadow. It's something we all have, and it's where all the creative juices are.
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Could I write all, the world would turn to stone.
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I love being a lawyer more than I like writing.
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I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.
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I do what I want to do. I see where my enthusiasm is. Over the years, my techniques expanded. That's how the writing came out.
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Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.
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I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was, I would just write complicated roles for women because there's a lack of them.
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I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote.
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Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.
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Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know".
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Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.
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Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.
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Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.
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I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.
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I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.
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I'm not the kind of guy who walks around with a notebook writing lyrics. For me, melody and song structure come first and foremost. Unless the melody gets stuck in my head, I'll move on. Once I have the musical idea pretty firm, I just try to write words that are incredibly honest and relate to my life on that given night. I'll sit with the music on my headphones and pen and paper all night long until it's done.
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I do have a journal, that I write all my thoughts in every day. So that's kind of something. I also have a burn box where I write secrets down and put it in a box.
