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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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But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.
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It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.
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I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.
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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an academic treatise about publishing from the WWII era.
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The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
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I'm way into writing, as much as I can.
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The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs.
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Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.
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I studied arranging and orchestration a number of years ago, so I have a home studio and arrange about three-fourths of my songs on the computer. Since writing orchestration is tedious, I often put an arrangement on the keyboard and let someone better-qualified finish it.
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I'm very excited to work with everybody on 'The Bridge' - the cast, the writing staff, the executive producers - the show is really good. I'm very lucky to be a part of it.
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I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.
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- Nov 07, 2020