Writing Quotes
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I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.
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'Monstress' has been hard because I want to keep writing longer, but I can't.
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I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.
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I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
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The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!
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I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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I had been writing professionally since 1988.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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I truly believe that if you put your goals in writing, speak them out loud and work for them, they will happen.
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I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
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The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up.
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I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.
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I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.
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Yeah I'm still writing. I've got about 14 tracks now. But we've been on tour so we haven't had time to get back to a rehearsal place.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Micro computers used as word processors complement the audio facilities, enabling the interactive teaching of all four language skills reading, listening, speaking and writing.
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Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.
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Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.
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One of my favorites is 'Parks and Recreation.' Great show; awesome writing; beautiful, diverse cast. They also have a very diverse writer's room, which I love.
