#writ

I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes. ↗

— Neil Peart

#already #five #guy #i #just

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you. ↗

— Gregory Peck

#character #cope #front #going #how

It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#comfortable #fun #having #job #like

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#i #interested #not interested #picking #somebody

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#contrary #film #film industry #forces #his

I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#again #enough #figured #good #her

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#been #eighth #eighth grade #fiction #grade

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#character #description #down #even #going

There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#days #i #i can #instance #intentionally

I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen and put them in my pocket, just in case we crashed and I needed to write a letter from wherever we landed. ↗

— Daniela Pestova

#back #bumps #case #coming #crashed