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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.
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I started writing music around 20 years old.
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Twitter is comedy writing. It's one-liners that give way to fully fleshed-out thoughts.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I accomplished a lot in 2017 that I'd dreamt of: a late night set, TV writing gig, a speaking movie role.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go through my tweets while writing and be like, ‘Oh, this has staying power and is still relevant.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs.
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Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there.
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I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a lot of scripts, and there's a lot of good writing and a lot of OK writing and a lot of crappy writing. And even with the really good writing, it doesn't necessarily speak to me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been singing and writing songs only a little longer than acting. I really enjoy both.
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- Nov 07, 2020