- Experience
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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
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to get discouraged; just keep writing because you love to do it, and you'll keep improving.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.
- Taught
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- Nov 07, 2020