#writ

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw. ↗

— Len Wein

#done #draw #give #had #i

Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#collaborate #different #jokes #nicely #novels

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#attention #beach #book #capital #considers

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#becomes #bestseller #book #chick #fascination

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of. ↗

— Terry Southern

#director #named #practically #producer #unheard

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago. ↗

— Paul Weller

#ago #conscious #could #i #ones

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#first #generate #get #i #ideas

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#called #create #establishment #feel #going

The first job of a writer is to be honest. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#honest #job #to be honest #writer

There is a kind of mysticism to writing. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#mysticism #writing