Re Writing Quotes

The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level.

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever.

And it's one more shitty thing to write about somebody, in between getting really, really, really upset at female Ghostbusters and Gamergate, and the things that really matter.

I'm directing the Sky show. I'm not going to be in it. I'm just writing and directing it. So that'll satisfy that part of my brain.

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.

I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.

I'm not reading currently because I'm getting revisions of a novel. If I read while I'm writing I will unconsciously plagiarize and go to jail.

It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

I also watch a lot of really bad television when I'm writing, "Like Dancing With the Stars," with my daughter.

I will read biographies or autobiographies while I'm writing, but mostly I put books in a to-read queue, like Rachel Cusk's new novel, "Outline."

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.

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.

Pay attention to the sound of words.

I've always been a Batman fan, and I've always wanted to draw and write the sort of stories that I've always loved about Batman.

We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.

God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

Like so many other nerdy, disaffected young people of that time, I dreamed of becoming an 'artist', i.e., somebody whose adult job was original and creative instead of tedious and dronelike.

Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.

I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively effortless song to write, which is rare for me.

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.

What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can't write a play.

Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.

I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic.

If you were to write your life motto, what would it say? Look out for number one? Or look out for the needs of others?

I got scared away from the whole writing and producing thing, because of how really, truly difficult this was.

We had very, very, very little money to make the show [ Gigi Does It]. We shot every episode in two days. It was non-WGA, non-DGA, so we couldn't write anything. The whole thing had to be improv.

I love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still a learning experience.

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.

Here in New York City you can now walk around smoking weed and all they will do if they see you is write you a ticket. Unfortunately, the ticket will be to a Jets game.

I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.

My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

I didnt want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.