- Book
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is kind of anxiety.
- Bounded
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- Nov 07, 2020
With code, what it means is what it does. It doesn't express, not really. It's a very bounded conversation. And writing is not bounded. That's what's hard about it.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I got writing 'Halcyon,' I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn't really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.
- Pretending
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought it was unusual to write, and I've been writing or pretending to write since before I even started school.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that, but I'm too single-minded. I can't stand to be interrupted, whether I'm writing a story or dressing a child.
- Different Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate being bored when I read a story. Even a well-trod theme can be made fresh by a different perspective or fresh writing.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.
- Nov 07, 2020
For me writing is that place where I can escape; it's where I let my thoughts run wild.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020