#writing

Well then – I see two ways of letting things take their course – Create one’s own sensations with the help of a flamboyant collision of rare words – not often, mind you – or else neatly draw the angles, the squares, the entire geometry of feelings – those of the moment, naturally. ↗

— Jacques Vache

#creativity #writing #art

All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. All of them? Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#writing #escape

Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#talent

What I don't write is as important as what I write. ↗

— Jamaica Kincaid

#writing-craft

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#virtue #wish-fulfillment #writing #virtue

If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#writing #virtue

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#satisfaction #truth #unsatisfaction #veils #writing

It is the tale, not he who tells it. ↗

— Stephen King

#king

One should use common words to say uncommon things ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#naivete #simplicity #writing #simplicity

CALVIN: Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien. ↗