#writing

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do. ↗

— Beth Orton

#chord #embrace #i #i do #individuality

Good writing is like a windowpane. ↗

— George Orwell

#good writing #like #windowpane #writing

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ↗

— George Orwell

#indefensible #largely #our #our time #political

After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year. ↗

— Clive Owen

#believed #float #ground #hemingway #insane

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. ↗

— Clive Owen

#basics #characters #does #go #great

The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#attractive #even #favourite #female #film

Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing. ↗

— Dave Barry

#writing #funny

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it! ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#actually #am #book #going #i

Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#course #doing #else #keep #might

The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he have to die? It's just bad writing, really. And it's really terrible in about the second act. ↗

— Trey Parker

#act #bad #could #die #god