- Me
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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
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish. I read his book 'On Writing' before I read pretty much any of his fiction.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I've never been able to do it; I've never had any help or looked for any help.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples' ideas of what character should be.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet - with all my favorite elements of literature: a sense of flow, of propulsion, of wanting to read every sentence.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.
- Nov 07, 2020