#writing

In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul ↗

— Albert Camus

#literature #writing #art

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#draw #explore #gives #ideas #imagination

In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program. ↗

— Jon Postel

#class #computer #computer program #doing #front

When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#am #anything #because #cut #dawned

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. ↗

— Colin Powell

#compromise #compromises #consensus #constitution #country

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#believe #desire #doing #help #i

But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#battle #behind #blood #fighting #first

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#i #i wish #much #pleasure #reading

TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost a TV schedule to it. I was constantly working on these projects. There was not a whole lot of lull but I've gone onto other feature projects that's like, 'Okay, I'll get back to you on notes.' ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#back #constantly #control #creative #creative control

The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing. ↗

— Judith Rossner

#interesting #more #real #real work #takes