- Feet
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first began writing, and I told people what I wrote, I'd get a blank stare and sometimes a 'Huh?' They weren't sure what young adult literature was. Now everyone knows.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've discovered I love the vast landscape a series offers. I tend to write long anyway, so, it turns out, series gives me the perfect vehicle for writing 'large' stories.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 1988, I have been writing steadily. I did decide a couple of years or so ago to scale back to writing one book a year - a sort of semi-retirement. But I never did have much success with that plan!
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a year - more than Dad paid his own staff - for inventing cheese recipes and writing leaflets at the Dutch Dairy Bureau in London.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.
- Not Knowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been doing 'America's Newsroom' and lots of other news shows and writing over the years. That's my thing.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020