#writing

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#hardest #i #i do #part #performing

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#driving #far #fog #headlights #like

When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#face #i #like #look #off

I guess you could say I've been writing all my life. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#could #guess #i #life #my life

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#anything #doing #experienced #field #job

I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted. ↗

— David Duchovny

#actor #feel #granted #hard #i

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#storytelling #literature

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#king #liked #me #once #stephen

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#first #gotten #i #more #since

Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#always #artist #elvis #generosity #highly