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Writing Quotes

I’m a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I’m at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day Picture Quote #1

If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you’re already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They’re rhetorical, not visual, but it’s the same move Picture Quote #1

Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority Picture Quote #1

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing and peering from the bent tip of a grass blade, looking for a route Picture Quote #1

If you invent something, you’re doing a creative act. It’s like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It’s years of your life, it’s your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment Picture Quote #1

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing Picture Quote #1

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I’m used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes Picture Quote #1

I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing Picture Quote #1

I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural Picture Quote #1

Whether it’s acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life Picture Quote #1

I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon Picture Quote #1

I’ve not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot Picture Quote #1

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Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty Picture Quote #1

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write Picture Quote #1

Writing is a hard gig, and it’s hard to convey a lot. That’s why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten Picture Quote #1

I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation Picture Quote #1

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don’t intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance Picture Quote #1

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power Picture Quote #1

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It’s when you’ve stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you’re asleep, that the real work is done Picture Quote #1

Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is reading and writing. Email was becoming a distraction, a burden rather than a liberation Picture Quote #1

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about Picture Quote #1

I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich Picture Quote #1

I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things Picture Quote #1

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn’t believe me, or didn’t want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time Picture Quote #1

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I’ve lost count of the interviews I’ve done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing Picture Quote #1

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible Picture Quote #1

I like collaboration because, first of all, I’m good at writing lyrics. I don’t know how to make beats. I don’t play instruments. I’m not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it’s still a collaboration Picture Quote #1

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what’s going on in my heart and that’s what consumes me; think a lot of our heart is relationships. Not just with boyfriend or girlfriend but all your relationships in your life with other people and our interactions with other humans Picture Quote #1

I have fun writing. I don’t make it a chore. I don’t have to struggle with it Picture Quote #1

Really, when I write a book I’m the only one I have to please. That’s the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay Picture Quote #1

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I’m a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I’m at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day (Writing Quotes) If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you’re already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They’re rhetorical, not visual, but it’s the same move (Writing Quotes) Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority (Writing Quotes) The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing and peering from the bent tip of a grass blade, looking for a route (Writing Quotes) If you invent something, you’re doing a creative act. It’s like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It’s years of your life, it’s your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment (Writing Quotes) My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing (Writing Quotes) I’m used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes (Writing Quotes) I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing (Writing Quotes) I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural (Writing Quotes) Whether it’s acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life (Writing Quotes) I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon (Writing Quotes) I’ve not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot (Writing Quotes) Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty (Writing Quotes) When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write (Writing Quotes) Writing is a hard gig, and it’s hard to convey a lot. That’s why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten (Writing Quotes) I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation (Writing Quotes) For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don’t intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance (Writing Quotes) I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power (Writing Quotes) It’s when you’ve stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you’re asleep, that the real work is done (Writing Quotes) Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is reading and writing. Email was becoming a distraction, a burden rather than a liberation (Writing Quotes) More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about (Writing Quotes) I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich (Writing Quotes) I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things (Writing Quotes) Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn’t believe me, or didn’t want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time (Writing Quotes) I’ve lost count of the interviews I’ve done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing (Writing Quotes) I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible (Writing Quotes) I like collaboration because, first of all, I’m good at writing lyrics. I don’t know how to make beats. I don’t play instruments. I’m not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it’s still a collaboration (Writing Quotes) I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what’s going on in my heart and that’s what consumes me; think a lot of our heart is relationships. Not just with boyfriend or girlfriend but all your relationships in your life with other people and our interactions with other humans (Writing Quotes) I have fun writing. I don’t make it a chore. I don’t have to struggle with it (Writing Quotes) Really, when I write a book I’m the only one I have to please. That’s the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay (Writing Quotes)

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