#rite

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#doing #find #hard #i #into

I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#book #books #down #external #fun

It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It's nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#back #book #does #else #family

So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on the phone and talked to editors about ideas for stories. Pretty soon I found myself hired to do interviews and articles and went off and did them. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#articles #artist #bought #copy #did

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#family #had #i #knew #neglect

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it. ↗

— Liam Gallagher

#classic #doing #everyone #going #i

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#advice #give #had #i #listen

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write. ↗

— Tim Gane

#fill #getting #heart #i #i think

Some writers and producers are currently writing a sitcom for me, so we'll see what happens there. I'm somewhat reluctant to talk about some of the upcoming projects that I'm working on; I've a lot of stuff on the go, including five pictures that I'm looking at producing. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#currently #five #go #happens #i

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around. ↗

— Andy Gibb

#comes #get #i #me #my own