- Growing Up
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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things.
- Nov 07, 2020
I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my writing changed when I put 'the' in front of my titles. It had more command.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
The speed of the TV stuff vs. the self-imposed pace of novel writing has been a big adjustment, and going back and forth often feels like whiplash.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an insomniac. I wake up at 6 or 6:30 and get out of bed immediately. The coffee starts right away. Then I get to the computer as quickly as possible. I like to start writing when I'm still half-asleep, in a state between dreaming and waking.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dream of dreams is to write Broadway musicals. All of this Twitter and TV writing is just a day job.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have, for a few years, been writing comedy prose - short pieces for my blog - because I found it to be a good way to write while I was on a TV show. It was different enough from my scripts that it felt like a break, but it still was comedy and very fun. I like to do comedy!
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken.
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I wanted to become a novelist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020