- 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
I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I think at first I didn't tell anyone I was writing something because I found so tedious the people who did.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
- Fiction Writers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.'
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020
With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
- Your
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not want to follow Chi Udayashankerji; now Yogaraj Bhat does not want to follow me in writing lyrics.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020