Quotes by category:Writing

But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one person for whom it was intended, that no combination of written words is more eloquent than those exchanged in letters between lovers or friends, or along the pale blue lines of private diaries, where people take communion with themselves.

blue writing believe

... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.

doe writing world

Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.

essentials writing thinking

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

writing looks world

I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?

noses writing mean

I don't need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn't my style, because that's the only way I can grow up and grow out.

growing-up style writing

It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.

inspiration writing people

I had very little support from any feminist organization. But fortunately my post-marital lover, who had bailed out of academia over political in-fighting, was a one-man support team. He was the one who pushed me to write.

team fighting writing

Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day.

rainbow writing book

Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers.

empathy writing teacher

I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I did it. And I'm not that different from other women. Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman.

different writing book

It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.

writing long firsts

In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won't get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got.

should-have writing thinking

Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.

liars writing years

So you're stuck. Every time your madman starts to write, your judge pounces on him... So start by promising your judge that you'll get around to asking his opinion, but not now. And then let the madman energy flow... Save details for the judge.

Betty Sue Flowers

energy judging writing

So much of the humor on new sitcoms plays to the lowest common denominator. Wit isn't nearly given as much attention as slipping on a banana peel. So much of the writing is so coarse, so obvious that it doesn't provide a shock, never mind a laugh. What makes something funny is alluding to it without laying it out explicitly. You let the audiences fill in the gaps and that's where the laughs come.

play writing laughing

The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a tough audience to surprise, and a tough audience to write for. It's much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more - I want to say sophisticated.

plot want writing

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.

reading writing book

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it. by Beverly Cleary

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

want writing book

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad so... by Beverly Cleary

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

writing giving children