#writing

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

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#cannot #great #however #learned #man

I was pretty dead set against ever writing an academic novel. It's always been my view that there are already more than enough academic novels and that most of them aren't any good. Most of them are self-conscious and bitter, the work of people who want to settle grudges. ↗

— Richard Russo

#against #already #always #any #been

The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#bible #devoted #directing #holy #holy spirit

If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

#enjoy #grumpy #i #sure #walking

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#because #catharsis #concerned #i #i write

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious. ↗

— William Shatner

#creative #easier #industrious #lazy #man

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#because #dangerous #exhausted #falls #find

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence. ↗

— Wallace Shawn

#complete #form #how #interpreted #me

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it. ↗

— John Shirley

#carried #drink #drunk #get #i