- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative thought, but it doesn't help when it comes to concentration. And writing needs concentration - lots of it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of as treatments for the film scripts, and I found I enjoyed writing short stories far more than I enjoyed writing film scripts. Then the short stories got longer and longer and suddenly, I had novels.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stephen King's 'On Writing' is probably the most useful writing book I've ever read.
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I was writing plays, which was what I wanted to do. My hope was to become a playwright.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Scalped' No. 1 was only the third comic script I'd ever written. I really learned a lot about writing on the fly with that series.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020