- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.
- Nov 07, 2020
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through the misguided notion that writing about flying was easy, I had McCone become a pilot. When I learned that research in books wasn't enough, I forced myself to take lessons.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it.
- Many
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm excited and terrified to write something new. I won't be writing about suburbia.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Stranger Than Fiction,' the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
- Drill
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.
- Songwriting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
- Licensed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a form of licensed madness.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find myself, by happy accident, writing 'Young Adult' fiction. However, I dislike such categories.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020