Top 1200 Writing Essays Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

I treat both acting and writing as a creation - writing is just another element or aspect of it.

It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.

When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.

Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs.

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.

If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.

Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.

I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts.

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

I'll be writing until I can't write anymore. It's a compulsion with me. I love writing.

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

I am writing things on my own, but I really believe co-writing makes you a better writer.

I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.

I'm not in the practice commonly of writing checks just for the fun of writing them.

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

I despise writing in general, but yeah, I love writing the stuff that I direct.

Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies.

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how writing is a practice and how my teaching is part of that practice. I direct the writing and create books but underneath, there's always the river of practice happening. No good, no bad. Just do it.

I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

I've been writing articles for newspapers and magazines. And writing is a very beautiful way of expression.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

I've only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

Usually when I'm writing, I kind of know what it is before I start writing and I write stream of consciousness style.

One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.

You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely.

The Sopranos all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing weren't so good.

When you're writing for a TV show, what's great is that you always know what actor you're writing to.

Not writing is as important as writing - go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.

If I don't know who I'm writing for, I make it up and pick somebody I'm writing for. That's really the only way to do it.

I'm a fan of writing, and writing letters, because I hate when I'm trying to get a thought out, and I can't.

Writing for other people is easier than writing for myself - it's not as personal.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.

When you have a writing partner and you're writing a comedy, your goal is to make each other laugh.

I don't mean that to be egotistical, but I'm not writing fluff. I'm not writing for 8-year-olds. I'm a woman and I'm a rock girl.

I don't know if I have writing habits. Writing is impossible and every time I have to do it I kind of forget how.

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.

When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing.” (p.90)

I'm usually just writing lyrics alone in my room, but I'm happy to be producing and writing chords anywhere.