#writing

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving. ↗

— Mike Weir

#ball #i #i do #left-handed #like

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#fiction #i #like #more #nonfiction

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#complete #family #friends #must #natural

Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that the writing is the key ingredient that makes 'Jeopardy!' so great. ↗

— Randy West

#argue #could #easily #first #game

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind. ↗

— Rebecca West

#between #different #different parts #mind #nothing

When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a sort of cosy phrase that got used a bit too much. ↗

— Timothy West

#bit #got #kitchen #kitchen sink #much

Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#could #ever #every #learn #like

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#day #i #only #posthumous #really

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#background #because #characters #easier #generally

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#courses #i #many #take #though