- Emerged
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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
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an extension of what I do also as part of making my living - I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.
- Casts
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very dull thing to watch, a writer at work. So dull that whole casts of characters show up just to watch the boring writer writing.
- Secret
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid there are no magical tips. There is no secret. Writing is all about telling stories as well as you can.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.
- Facto
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had written a story. I wrote the story out of some desperation, really, and I didn't know I was writing a story, and it took me years. And when I finished, a friend of mine had the idea that the story should be read as a monologue in a theater.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible things, and they get up every morning, and they try to do their best.
- Pet
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the joys of writing historical fiction is the chance to read as much as you like on a pet subject - so much that you could easily bore your friends senseless on the topic.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to consider myself an all-rounder, and I'm not trying to be King of the Scene or anything. I'd like to do everything, from writing film scores to producing pop albums.
- Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a thrill it is to have my writing recognized by an institution as admirable and vital as the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020