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On Writing Quotes

You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go on writing. My answer is most emphatically yes. I would go on writing for company. Because I'm creating an imaginary - it's always imaginary - world in which I would like to live Picture Quote #1

I’ve devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don’t have to depend on writing fiction for my income Picture Quote #1

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose Picture Quote #1

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge Picture Quote #1

In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die Picture Quote #1

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that Picture Quote #1

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I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It’s always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work Picture Quote #1

Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over Picture Quote #1

In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers Picture Quote #1

We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums Picture Quote #1

I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative Picture Quote #1

I admire your creative tax deductions, and plan on writing you regularly when you go to jail for them Picture Quote #1

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The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It’s as close as I get to a religion Picture Quote #1

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself Picture Quote #1

What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone Picture Quote #1

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing Picture Quote #1

No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats…these are the facts Picture Quote #1

I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things Picture Quote #1

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My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future and other comedy etc etc Picture Quote #1

I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life as an intrusion. At the end of the day, writing has very little to do with writing, and much to do with life. And life, by definition, is not an intrusion Picture Quote #1

I believed that if I was to call myself a writer, I should live on writing. If I could not live on it, even simply, I should destroy every scrap, every trace, every notebook and live some other way Picture Quote #1

Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth Picture Quote #1

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place Picture Quote #1

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I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you’ve got three weeks, and so on Picture Quote #1

I have to go on writing because I wouldn’t be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that works for me, and without that function, I would die Picture Quote #1

I’m sure that people who have been tweeting funny things have ended up on writing staffs of a late night show Picture Quote #1

By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water Picture Quote #1

It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on writing. How not to drown Picture Quote #1

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You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go on writing. My answer is most emphatically yes. I would go on writing for company. Because I'm creating an imaginary - it's always imaginary - world in which I would like to live (On Writing Quotes) I’ve devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don’t have to depend on writing fiction for my income (On Writing Quotes) A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose (On Writing Quotes) I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge (On Writing Quotes) In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die (On Writing Quotes) Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that (On Writing Quotes) I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It’s always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work (On Writing Quotes) Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over (On Writing Quotes) In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers (On Writing Quotes) We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums (On Writing Quotes) I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative (On Writing Quotes) I admire your creative tax deductions, and plan on writing you regularly when you go to jail for them (On Writing Quotes) The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It’s as close as I get to a religion (On Writing Quotes) All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself (On Writing Quotes) What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone (On Writing Quotes) Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing (On Writing Quotes) No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats…these are the facts (On Writing Quotes) I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things (On Writing Quotes) My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future and other comedy etc etc (On Writing Quotes) I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life as an intrusion. At the end of the day, writing has very little to do with writing, and much to do with life. And life, by definition, is not an intrusion (On Writing Quotes) I believed that if I was to call myself a writer, I should live on writing. If I could not live on it, even simply, I should destroy every scrap, every trace, every notebook and live some other way (On Writing Quotes) Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth (On Writing Quotes) At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player (On Writing Quotes) Don’t try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place (On Writing Quotes) I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you’ve got three weeks, and so on (On Writing Quotes) I have to go on writing because I wouldn’t be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that works for me, and without that function, I would die (On Writing Quotes) I’m sure that people who have been tweeting funny things have ended up on writing staffs of a late night show (On Writing Quotes) By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing (On Writing Quotes) I think I’ve only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water (On Writing Quotes) It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on writing. How not to drown (On Writing Quotes)

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