Quotes by Writing The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Bill Watterson fogpracticewriting It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy." Bill Watterson writingpeopleart As "Calvin and Hobbes" went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity. One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what's going on in Calvin's head. Bill Watterson drawingwritingreality I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the hard part and the drawing is the fun part. Bill Watterson drawingwritingfun The writing doesn't distract me while I'm drawing and vice versa. I can devote my full attention to each. Bill Watterson drawingviceswriting I enjoy the drawing more than the writing, so I try to think of ideas that will allow me to develop the visual side of the strip as fully as possible. Bill Watterson writingideasthinking Each kind of story has its own problems in writing, but my main concern really is to keep the reader on his toes, or to keep the strip unpredictable. I try to achieve some sort of balance between the two that keeps the reader wondering what's going to happen next and be surprised. Bill Watterson balancewritingtwo I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me. Bill Watterson reflectionwritingway What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position. Bill Watterson writingtryingcharacter I'm pulling out different aspects of my personality in writing each character and, if I'm doing my job well, I'm being true to the situation and true to the character. Bill Watterson writingjobscharacter I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you. Bill Withers mirrorswritinglooks I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. Bill Withers ablewritingfeels We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think. Billie Joe Armstrong heartwritingsong In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way. Billie Joe Armstrong politicalwritingsong Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it. Billie Joe Armstrong informationwritingsong I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do. Billie Joe Armstrong writingsongpeople And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. Billie Joe Armstrong sakewantwriting Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television. Billy Bob Thornton independentwritingmean I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it. Billy Bob Thornton writingbookyears Usually when I'm writing, I kind of know what it is before I start writing and I write stream of consciousness style. Billy Bob Thornton stylekindwriting«151152153154155156157158159160161»
