#writing

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#ever #everybody #find #hand #heard

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life. ↗

— Esther Forbes

#becomes #believe #exciting #exciting life #full

People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#develop #doing #happy #i #interested

It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#how #i #i think #like #much

Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#fantasies #fun #hard #hard work #live

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes. ↗

— David Steinberg

#comedy #decent #farley #feature #film

Telling the truth when the truth matters most is almost always a frightening prospect. If a writer doesn't give away secrets, his own or those of the people he loves; if she doesn't court disapproval, reproach, and general wrath, whether of friends, family, or party apparatchiks; if the writer submits his work to an internal censor long before anyone else can get their hands on it, the result is pallid, inanimate, a lump of earth. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#family

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#down #me #percent #sitting #working

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character. ↗

— William Devane

#after #character #david #guy #instincts