- 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
- Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
My idea of heaven is not writing.
- Liberating
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- Nov 07, 2020
The experience of writing under a pseudonym was tremendously liberating; I could write what I wanted.
- Dating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have experienced bad dating and ineptitude with women all across the globe, from Vietnam to Paris. When I was 21, women were an enigma; they were this code that had to be cracked. They were 'The Other.' I have often thought writing this stuff into stand-up and shows would be an exorcism, but it hasn't been; it makes no difference.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing break.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a math and science kid in school, but I ended up going the route of writing and music in college.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, when I was writing 'Traffic,' talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found it very good and believable, except the scene where the girl describes her resume.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I lock my people in a spacecraft or land them on an asteroid, the blood wells up again, and I'm writing horror. Horror's my default setting. It's also where I prefer to write.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020