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The Writing Life Quotes: "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous."

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.



The Writing Life Quotes: "You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script."

You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.




The Writing Life Quotes: "You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script."

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.



The Writing Life Quotes: "In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal."

In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.




The Writing Life Quotes: "A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous."

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you."

The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest."

Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.




The Writing Life Quotes: "You write your life story by the choices you make."

You write your life story by the choices you make.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try."

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Love is the bee that carries the pollen from one heart to another."

Love is the bee that carries the pollen from one heart to another.



The Writing Life Quotes: "It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written."

It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.




The Writing Life Quotes: "I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable"

I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable



The Writing Life Quotes: "To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is one of the greatest joys that life can offer."

To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is one of the greatest joys that life can offer.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Drafting is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge.The closer you get to the end, the more you start to worry about the beginning."

Drafting is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge.The closer you get to the end, the more you start to worry about the beginning.



The Writing Life Quotes: "No art ever came out of not risking your neck."

No art ever came out of not risking your neck.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece."

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters."

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices."

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Life sometimes gets in the way of writing."

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.



The Writing Life Quotes: "We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection."

We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.



The Writing Life Quotes: "If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad."

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years of my life bent over my writing desk.""

Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years of my life bent over my writing desk."



The Writing Life Quotes: "Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago."

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life."

Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out."

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.



The Writing Life Quotes: "All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there."

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Writing is making sense of life."

Writing is making sense of life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life."

Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "In order to write about life first you must live it."

In order to write about life first you must live it.



The Writing Life Quotes: "When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about"

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about



The Writing Life Quotes: "... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page."

... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.



The Writing Life Quotes: "You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting."

You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?"

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?



The Writing Life Quotes: "Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements."

Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt."

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.



The Writing Life Quotes: "People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'"

People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'



The Writing Life Quotes: "History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had - it is so dull and gruesome how we die, unlike writing, life never finishes."

History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had - it is so dull and gruesome how we die, unlike writing, life never finishes.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there."

I write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.



The Writing Life Quotes: "In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are."

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.



The Writing Life Quotes: "When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves."

When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.



The Writing Life Quotes: "The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer."

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection."

I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection.



The Writing Life Quotes: "It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity."

It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old."

I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old.



The Writing Life Quotes: "As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life."

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.



The Writing Life Quotes: "Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life."

Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.



The Writing Life Quotes: "I don't really write jokes. I wait for stuff to happen in life, and then I tell it on stage."

I don't really write jokes. I wait for stuff to happen in life, and then I tell it on stage.