- Life
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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
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
- Nov 07, 2020
If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing has never been that simple for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write wherever I am. It helps that the writing process, for me, is a lone-wolf mission.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm literally am home making my own music unless I'm asked to be in somebody's house writing music for them.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020