Quotes by Writing Write about this man who, drop by drop, squeezes the slave's blood out of himself until he wakes one day to find the blood of a real human being--not a slave's--coursing through his veins. Anton Chekhov realwritingmen One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions. Anton Chekhov judgingplaywriting I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I sin frightfully against the conventions of the stage. It is a comedy with three female parts, six male, four acts, a landscape (view of the lake), lots of talk on literature, little action and tons of love. Anton Chekhov lakeswritinglove Is it our job to judge? The gendarme, policemen and bureaucrats have been especially prepared by fate for that job. Our job is towrite, and only to write. Anton Chekhov fatewritingjobs A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious. Anton Chekhov papershouldwriting I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities. Anton Chekhov writingrunningbook In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture. Anton Chekhov detailseyewriting I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. Anton Chekhov communesconsciencewriting The critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a bad one is twice as hard. Anton Chekhov theatreplaywriting Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imageryYou are confusing two concepts: answering the questions and formulating them correctly. Only the latter is required of an author. Anton Chekhov artistwritingtwo If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there. Anton Chekhov pistolswallwriting I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks. Anton Chekhov mindwritinglong It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. Anton Chekhov easierliteraturewriting Many of you already read my writings indicating that TV is the new god. There is a little thing I neglected to mention up until now, television is the major mainstream infiltration for the new satanic religion. Anton Szandor LaVey satanicwritingtelevision My playing music is strictly for fun. When I was in a band, I was really excited to talk about it since I had never really played music to that extent. It was never meant as something I would consider as anything more than having fun with my friends. But I think I would enjoy writing music for the movies that I'm working on. Anton Yelchin writingfunthinking If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us. Antonia Fraser coldknowswriting Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion. Antonia Fraser maineself-confidencewriting That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. Antonia Fraser bedtimeprisonwriting I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette. Antonia Fraser biographiesheartwriting I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order. Antonia Fraser writingorderthinking«100101102103104105106107108109110»
