- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing Quotes
The craft and habit of writing.
This set covers a filmmaker tracing an early comedic style back to college years, and advice that writing something and deciding to publish it are two separate decisions entirely. For more on the finished product, see Book.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Telling stories has been a compulsion of mine since I could physically say, 'Once upon a time...' But in high school, I realized I could study creative writing in college and actually pursue it as a viable career.
- Morals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't necessarily set out to teach or say anything in particular in my writing. Morals and themes come out as I'm telling the tale.
- Loving
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.
- Hardest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020