#writing

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#books #children #complicated #dare #i

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#am #book #crusades #dull #i

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#application #college #i #remember #until

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#behind #coming #i #like #never

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#free #free state #i #in the beginning #lot

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#extremely #i #i think #over #recognized

If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#writing #experience

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#alone #chair #come #director #hard

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#guided #more #nothing #than #writing

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#day #get #i #job #much