#writ

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#being #cartoon #dark #decent #decent people

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#defeat #itself #life #love #lover

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#read #seen #should #sight #writers

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do. ↗

— Leon Uris

#agony #enjoy #i #i think #joy

I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them. ↗

— Neko Case

#give #hints #i #i write #like

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain. ↗

— Leon Uris

#obtain #position #retain #very #writing

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#far #field #goes #i #i think

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#compose #easier #form #just #manual

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#enough #faith #having #i #just

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critic #critical #evaluation #good #maintaining