- Always
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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
- Desk
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
- Present
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean - not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't know what they were saying, so I would just write everything down as I heard it. I would recite it and imitate it like that. That's how I started to write my own raps.
- Daily Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it?
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been writing since I was 11. But I don't write with a pen, I just sing at the piano with one eye shut like a pirate.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started writing songs, I was almost quite embarrassed that I couldn't read music and I still to this day don't really know what chords I'm playing, I don't know the name of them.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put my interest in the narrative writing of biographies.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020