#writing

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it. ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#i #i do #same #telling #way

I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#art #beautiful #come #could #dreams

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#based #change #history #i #little

The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#brand #brand new #difficult #easy #envelope

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. ↗

— Moliere

#close friends #few #first #friends #like

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#had #interest #interesting #involvement #lot

Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#comes #experimental #hardcore #involved #mental nature

We decided we didn't want to do a musical for TV because the idea of writing a musical that would be seen on television once seems insane. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#decided #idea #insane #musical #once

All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#else #everything #find #front #further

Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc. ↗

— Ryan Murphy

#am #arc #even #excited #glee