#writing

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. ↗

— Joss Stone

#gap #i #lined #off #still

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#defies #different #different way #going #had

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#become #character #first-person #i #like

I started writing songs at 17. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#songs #started #writing

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? ↗

— Philip Larkin

#i #i think #most #people #popularity

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic. ↗

— Brian Molko

#cathartic #honest #writing

We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good. ↗

— James Laughlin

#good #great #hope #important #into

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#arts #cinematic #most #prized #screenwriting

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. ↗

— Ang Lee

#director #established #i #kind #much

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#intrigues #me #song #song structure #songwriting