Quotes by Writing To me, it's not work. When I draw and I write, I find it relaxing. It's not like 9-to-5, where a man goes to a job and he isn't really interested in the job. Luckily, I get paid for doing what I'd do for nothing. Bob Kane writingjobsmen I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album. Bob Newhart writingmenyears Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. Bob Ney readingnameswriting What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper, write it in the present tense. You might begin by writing, 'I am so happy and grateful now that...' and then explain how you want your life to be in every area. Bob Proctor law-of-attractiongratefulwriting What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper. Write it in the present tense. Bob Proctor piecespaperwriting Sit down and write it down with a pen and then make up your mind you are going to do it. Don't spend any time thinking of why you can't. The fun is not in getting it, the fun is in growing. Goals are to help us grow, goals are to help us get. The getting is a site benefit; the growth is the real benefit. Bob Proctor realwritingfun Hand writing causes thinking - the repetition of writing your goal everyday will increase your awareness. The true purpose of a goal is to help you grow. Bob Proctor writinghandsthinking I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art. Bob Schieffer foundationwritingart And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing. Bob Schieffer writingtwoyears I'm always writing new songs and doing them live, and I may do it for a week or two, and then never do it again. Bob Schneider writingsongtwo I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones. Bob Seger writingsongthinking I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter. Bob Seger stuffwritingwinter When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge. Bob Seger challengeswritingtrying It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song. Bob Seger writingsonglong It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath. Bob Seger writingtwoyears The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered. Bob Shacochis letting-gowritingfun Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if that's your strategy. Bob Shacochis writingjoydiscovery The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here? If you're a songwriter, you have to do that every time you start a song. Bob Weir pageswritingsong I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write books, our best shot is to write children's books, because we relate pretty readily on that level. Bob Weir writingbookchildren Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point. Bob Woodward politicalmissingwriting«160161162163164165166167168169170»
