Quotes by Writing For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory. Aeschylus strongwritingmemories I started freestyling with friends about eight or nine years ago. I started writing also around the same time, but didn't meet blockhead until about '94. I started making beats not until about '96. Aesop Rock eightwritingyears I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I've been and my feelings about the world. Aesop Rock feelingswritingthinking A friend of mine helped me find my confidence by trusting the knowledge that I was not alone in writing my first book. She helped me wake up to the fact that I had a source of creativity that was my true creative nature and when I embraced it and asked for this presence in my life, I felt as if the dam of the Niagra Falls had burst and all sorts of wonderful things started to happen when I found my voice. It has been a process ever since and I am now a big advocate in the message that we are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it. Agapi Stassinopoulos writingbookfall There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well Agatha Christie workwritingcommitment It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. Agatha Christie citiesnew-yorkwriting The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later. Agatha Christie sooner-or-laterautobiographywriting God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards! Agatha Christie soulstorieswriting Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even seen you go away to write.' I must behave rather as dogs do when they retire with a bone; they depart in a secretive manner and you do not see them again for an odd half hour. They return self-consciously with mud on their noses. I do much the same. Agatha Christie dogwritingbook Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. Agatha Christie aptitudeshywriting All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable. Agatha Christie diningtypewriterswriting I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk. Agatha Christie imagineshould-havewriting The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation. Agatha Christie generationswritinghistory She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read. Agatha Christie luckywritingpeople I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day. Agatha Christie originalityletterswriting In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws. Agatha Christie flawsmindwriting Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly. Agatha Christie comfortwritingpeople Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it. Agatha Christie monthswritingbook I have a notebook that I take with me everywhere. I free-write in it when there are situations that I know I can write a song about. I will just start writing everything that I can think of while trying to write some things that are kind of poetic or sound like they could be in a song. Then, after the music is written, I go back and look at my subjects to see which one I think woud go with what music. Then, I formulate it into a melody and get the song. Agent M notebookwritingsong The world is full of paper, write to me Agha Shahid Ali paperwritingworld«1011121314151617181920»
