#writing

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#engaged #favors #find #jam #louis

I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#been #best #creatively #different #ended

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. ↗

— Lee Child

#desks #email #empty #i #internet

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job. ↗

— Lee Child

#idiot #job #keep #long #plan

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#bring #collaborations #comedy #doing #i

Learn as much by writing as by reading. ↗

— Lord Acton

#much #reading #writing

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built. ↗

— Leon Uris

#built #foundation #important #me #more

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. ↗

— Leon Uris

#book #corps #first #i #marine

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#writing-craft #life

I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#actually #creative #good #i #i can