#writing

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#awards #flattery #nice #quality #songs

I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #impossible #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#check #county #did #forced #getting

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

I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. ↗

— Anita Diament

#i #jewish #jewish community #record #track