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Writing Quotes

If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you Picture Quote #1

I don’t give a damn what other people think. It’s entirely their own business. I’m not writing for other people Picture Quote #1

You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can’t get away with breaking this one. Readers will accept almost anything from you if you don’t make them feel they have wasted their time and money. Remember, you can bore readers in a lot of different ways. It doesn’t necessarily take a dearth of action; too much action can get you the same result. Everything in writing, like in life, requires balance Picture Quote #1

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that Picture Quote #1

Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write pieces they do not much enjoy writing, for papers they totally despise, and the sad process ends by ruining their style and disintegrating their personality, two developments which in a writer cannot be separate, since his personality and style must progress or deteriorate together, like a married couple in a country where death is the only permissible divorce Picture Quote #1

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read Picture Quote #1

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For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent Picture Quote #1

I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you’re afraid it’s going to upset someone, don’t publish it Picture Quote #1

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I’m not writing I start thinking I can’t do it Picture Quote #1

Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive Picture Quote #1

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion Picture Quote #1

Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal Picture Quote #1

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Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself Picture Quote #1

When I am writing, I’m very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading Picture Quote #1

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes Picture Quote #1

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you’ll injure not only your sensibility but your soul Picture Quote #1

I’ve always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a woman in the conventional sense or breaking the boundaries, those struggles are quite difficult Picture Quote #1

To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I’m not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you’re after is the same thing Picture Quote #1

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I can’t remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world Picture Quote #1

I like writing strong women, because as a straight male, there’s nothing more attractive to me than a strong girl Picture Quote #1

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player Picture Quote #1

I play and I’ve played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don’t particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn’t work for me and my voice Picture Quote #1

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape Picture Quote #1

I’m a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don’t get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you’re writing about, rather than into the world you’re in Picture Quote #1

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As a storyteller, when you’re writing a movie and when you’re directing, you want to keep people entertained. That’s the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining Picture Quote #1

It’s hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long Picture Quote #1

The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I’m writing Picture Quote #1

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing a book, you can’t think about your audience. You’re going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You’re got to write from deep inside Picture Quote #1

I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen Picture Quote #1

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If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you (Writing Quotes) I don’t give a damn what other people think. It’s entirely their own business. I’m not writing for other people (Writing Quotes) You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can’t get away with breaking this one. Readers will accept almost anything from you if you don’t make them feel they have wasted their time and money. Remember, you can bore readers in a lot of different ways. It doesn’t necessarily take a dearth of action; too much action can get you the same result. Everything in writing, like in life, requires balance (Writing Quotes) I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that (Writing Quotes) Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write pieces they do not much enjoy writing, for papers they totally despise, and the sad process ends by ruining their style and disintegrating their personality, two developments which in a writer cannot be separate, since his personality and style must progress or deteriorate together, like a married couple in a country where death is the only permissible divorce (Writing Quotes) While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I wanted to read (Writing Quotes) For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent (Writing Quotes) I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you’re afraid it’s going to upset someone, don’t publish it (Writing Quotes) In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I’m not writing I start thinking I can’t do it (Writing Quotes) Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive (Writing Quotes) I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion (Writing Quotes) Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal (Writing Quotes) Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself (Writing Quotes) When I am writing, I’m very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading (Writing Quotes) Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes (Writing Quotes) If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you’ll injure not only your sensibility but your soul (Writing Quotes) I’ve always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a woman in the conventional sense or breaking the boundaries, those struggles are quite difficult (Writing Quotes) To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I’m not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you’re after is the same thing (Writing Quotes) I can’t remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world (Writing Quotes) I like writing strong women, because as a straight male, there’s nothing more attractive to me than a strong girl (Writing Quotes) At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player (Writing Quotes) I play and I’ve played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don’t particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn’t work for me and my voice (Writing Quotes) I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape (Writing Quotes) I’m a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don’t get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you’re writing about, rather than into the world you’re in (Writing Quotes) As a storyteller, when you’re writing a movie and when you’re directing, you want to keep people entertained. That’s the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining (Writing Quotes) It’s hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long (Writing Quotes) The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I’m writing (Writing Quotes) I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet (Writing Quotes) When I’m writing a book, you can’t think about your audience. You’re going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You’re got to write from deep inside (Writing Quotes) I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen (Writing Quotes)

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