- Growth
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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
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clearly texting, SMS and chat are very different than writing a letter or email.
- Letters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Email did precisely what I predicted, back in 1978, it took over the postal mail process and system of writing letters.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love pens, especially when writing on good-quality paper. But I don't have a favorite - I try all kinds in all colors. Like most folks, I misplace them a lot, so I don't use anything too fancy.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't write as much erotic romance as I used to, but I think that's just because my writing style has changed.
- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet and, later, under the mattress supports in my bed.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the global epidemic.
- Lonely
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a lonely business.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations.
- Nov 07, 2020
My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I had had several successful revue songs on Broadway.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020