#writing

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels. ↗

— Patrick White

#continued #did #early #fortunately #i

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream. ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#actually #being #dream #game #going

I just inhaled kimchi ramen. Nose on fire. Next chapter may be obscured by tears. ↗

— MCM

#food #humor #writing-life #food

Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing. ↗

— David Knopfler

#act #aspects #barrel #business #control

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#another #come #depends #different #doing

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#away #brings #cast #day #i

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#desire #diminish #discuss #fear #i

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#just #lives #more #people #something

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#back #because #character #desire #exposure

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#dealing #exercise #expensive #i #i think