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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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I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.
- Before
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- Nov 07, 2020
I liked writing before I figured out I liked acting.
- I Think
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A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.
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I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think too much about the audience when I'm writing... I'm aware that 'Holes' was read by kids as young as 8, up to adults.
- Past
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In writing 'A Portrait of Athens' I have attempted - rather impressionistically - to give a panorama of its present. But I have also brought in its past because I sincerely think that there is a continuity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.
- Language
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I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy talking to groups who are interested in the writing process or the industry. I never teach - because truthfully, I don't know how it all works; it just does. Sort of magic-like. But I love to share my experiences and perspectives.
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