#writ

When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart. ↗

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#always #art #beautiful #disclosure #itself

Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used in songs so many millions of times before, and it's the most popular topic to ever write about. ↗

— Jack White

#been #before #dangerous #ever #love

First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago. ↗

— Carl Wilson

#ago #associate #avid #become #blogs

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#sign #write #you

I always laugh the hardest at the stuff you see in day-to-day life. It's great when somebody can tell a joke that really makes you laugh hard, but to see some kind of personal interaction that no one could write is so good. Those are always the things that make me laugh. ↗

— Luke Wilson

#could #day-to-day #day-to-day life #good #great

The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#writers #writing #life

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film. ↗

— Terri Windling

#film #me #really #stronger #than

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#could #i #music #myself #really

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world. ↗