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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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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a letter to you and you read the letter, there are like 12 extra deconstruction and reconstruction steps in the communication.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.
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My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.
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Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.
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I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.
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I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.
- Hardest Thing
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Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book.
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The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.
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It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
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I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.
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My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job!
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The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.
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- Nov 07, 2020