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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.
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- Satisfaction
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When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all.
- Good
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One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.
- Love
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I love writing but don't get a huge amount of time to do it.
- My Life
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Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life.
- Never
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I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.
- Creative Writing
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I started creative writing classes at Aberdeen Central Library, and the writer-in-residence there, Todd McEwen, encouraged me a great deal. He showed my stories to his editor, and I thought that was just what happened to everyone who took his classes!
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bible is obviously a mixed book. Literary and nonliterary (expository, explanatory) writing exist side by side within the covers of this unique book.
- Filmmaking Process
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The filmmaking process is a team effort. A screenwriter cannot possibly do exactly what he wants as if he was writing a novel.
- Good Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020