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Writing Quotes

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it Picture Quote #1

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war Picture Quote #1

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo Picture Quote #1

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone Picture Quote #1

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise Picture Quote #1

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people Picture Quote #1

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I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical Picture Quote #1

When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car Picture Quote #1

My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don’t meet. And then your friends say: It’s terrific! Picture Quote #1

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world Picture Quote #1

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me Picture Quote #1

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don’t think an artist can ever be happy Picture Quote #1

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I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world? Picture Quote #1

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends Picture Quote #1

I’d gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and it helped me with a lot of the stuff I was going through Picture Quote #1

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends Picture Quote #1

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads Picture Quote #1

The secret of writing comedy is to know where it’s all going, then get ahead of it Picture Quote #1

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I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense effort to feel the musical manner of today, but it will not come to me Picture Quote #1

People think my work is therapeutic. I don’t see it that way. It’s not like I’m saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life Picture Quote #1

I compose my own stuff. I’ve been writing songs with words. I’ve been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer Picture Quote #1

I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation Picture Quote #1

I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I’m researching and writing Picture Quote #1

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing Picture Quote #1

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It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him Picture Quote #1

I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art Picture Quote #1

The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred Picture Quote #1

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis Picture Quote #1

If you don’t allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good Picture Quote #1

We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes Picture Quote #1

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I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it (Writing Quotes) I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war (Writing Quotes) Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo (Writing Quotes) If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone (Writing Quotes) The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise (Writing Quotes) A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people (Writing Quotes) I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical (Writing Quotes) When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car (Writing Quotes) My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don’t meet. And then your friends say: It’s terrific! (Writing Quotes) I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world (Writing Quotes) Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me (Writing Quotes) Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don’t think an artist can ever be happy (Writing Quotes) I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world? (Writing Quotes) One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends (Writing Quotes) I’d gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and it helped me with a lot of the stuff I was going through (Writing Quotes) I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends (Writing Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads (Writing Quotes) The secret of writing comedy is to know where it’s all going, then get ahead of it (Writing Quotes) I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense effort to feel the musical manner of today, but it will not come to me (Writing Quotes) People think my work is therapeutic. I don’t see it that way. It’s not like I’m saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life (Writing Quotes) I compose my own stuff. I’ve been writing songs with words. I’ve been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer (Writing Quotes) I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation (Writing Quotes) I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I’m researching and writing (Writing Quotes) A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing (Writing Quotes) It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him (Writing Quotes) I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art (Writing Quotes) The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred (Writing Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis (Writing Quotes) If you don’t allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good (Writing Quotes) We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes (Writing Quotes)

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