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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
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
What moves me most is style: the quality of the writing rather than the story being told.
- Bitterness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product in almost every case.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the first one to visualize this story, I think contributing to the film industry means I'm able to take the best of a story and translate it well into a movie that can be released in theaters.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my music career, I never was interested in working and writing and creating songs based on what kind of rewards I could receive in return - a hit song, per se, is what most contemporary artists have to deal with when they deal with a label.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a fan of writing, and writing letters, because I hate when I'm trying to get a thought out, and I can't.
- Nov 07, 2020