- Devalued
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my influences, songwriters that had written songs before me and that were more experienced and 20, 30 years older than me.
- Islam
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- Nov 07, 2020
What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing.
- Little Girls
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. The first song I wrote was called 'Kitten.'
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing for other people, I have to play it safe.
- Field
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- Nov 07, 2020
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can run the gamut with beats that no one else would think of. I'm not a trained musician, so I focus on what feels right before I dispatch to writing.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020