Writing Quotes
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Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.
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I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.
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Shake was a dramatist of note; He lived by writing things to quote.
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Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?
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It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time. But in the end you have a great sense of personal dissatisfaction.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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By surpassing writing, we have regained our wholeness, not on a national or cultural but cosmic plane.
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And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.
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You don't want to start writing songs about how your Twitter followers are going up, because one day Twitter won't exist, and you'll feel like an idiot.
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Everyone seems possessed with the desire of writing articles upon me and sends me long lists of all I am to say.
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Creativity was definitely a big part of our household, and I remember always writing stories and being encouraged to be creative.
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Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.
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My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
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I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.
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For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.
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I think the way to be a writer is to experience things, certainly, and be open to things, but at some point to become dedicated to the craft of writing and to create a stable environment for that writing to occur in.
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There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment.
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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The way to write really good songs is to write about the things that happen in your life and where you are in the moment, and writing about stuff that happens in your 30s is not the sexiest song subject.
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I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.
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When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.
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I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.
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Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.
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I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.
