- 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 had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty - that I became excited about the possibilities of writing.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
- Nov 07, 2020
I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
Read. Read. Read. Read many genres. Read good writing. Read bad writing and figure out the difference. Learn the craft of writing.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
My preference is for really good writing, and I just really don't care where it is.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020