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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.
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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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I enjoy writing.
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One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.
- Happen
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Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap.
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Unlike F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Wolfe, I don't like proper dress while working. I like writing in pajama-like clothing, which eases and relaxes me and allows me to connect with the decidedly improper.
- Me
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I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.
- Others
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If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose.
- Emotions
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I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.
- Hope
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I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.
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I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing humor is not something every single person can do.
- Pen
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- Nov 07, 2020