- 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
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often find myself writing little ditties I can imagine becoming rap songs. Not the actual rapping part, just the chorus.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after someone.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a sort of cosy phrase that got used a bit too much.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020