#write

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#independent #influence #outside #person #society

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#alter #aspire #consciousness #deep #infiltrate

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles. ↗

— Dom DeLuise

#five #were #writers

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#about #being #doing #draw #everywhere

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#i #idea #often #problem #said

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#familiar #rule #settings #write #you

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#basic #command #craftsman #know #language

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was. ↗

— Jack Vance

#called #christopher #had #i #i remember

Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#composers #instruments #love #musical #orchestras

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow. ↗

— Jessica Cutler

#becomes #characters #constantly #doing #follow