Quotes by Writing I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs - they put me in the right frame of mind. Charli XCX mindwritingsong I started writing my own things when I was about 8. I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground. Then I realized, Oh god, my career's going nowhere, so I looked in the Yellow Pages and phoned up the first cheap studio that I found and started recording. Charli XCX bullygirlwriting I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had a really good relationship, with both men and women. I think, for me, the way I face sexism in the music industry is when people are like, "Oh, she must not write her own music." That's frustrating, in a way. But it's cool. I'm mostly just like, "Meh." I'm just doing my thing. Charli XCX writingmenthinking To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream. Charli XCX dreamwritingpeople When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene. Charli XCX inspiredwritingfirsts I think the underlying purpose is expression. It's not about technique, it's not about hitting the right note, writing the perfect prose, having the perfect brushstroke. It's about expression of oneself, the things around you, and the emotions. I think expression is the one word that I would use, whether it's for sorrow, tragedy, joy, or even the need to express and be heard. Charlie Albright expressionwritingthinking In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy. Charlie Brooker backgroundscomedywriting In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that. Charlie Brooker writingmightpeople The logic for me, in writing it is that the different areas or different years are almost like different rooms. Charlie Brooker differentwritingyears What is useful about when there is a sort of pull-out to reveal moment going on is that it actually focuses the mind when you're writing the earlier scenes because you're thinking 'right, how do I? I can only show this amount of the room... I can only show these characters from the waist up because they've all got robot legs!' it's a challenge so it keeps you engaged on some level. Charlie Brooker writingcharacterthinking In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror. Charlie Brooker blackmirrorswriting "National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched an episode of 24. In my head, I was writing almost a parody of a 24-style president woken in the middle of the night with a crisis. It seemed more interesting to play it ultrastraight and to have the viewer's initial reaction be one of laughter and disbelief - and just have the whole thing become progressively more uncomfortable. Charlie Brooker laughterwritingnight There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places, and events mentioned in the Bible. In fact, external sources verify that at least eighty persons mentioned in the Bible were actual historical figures. Fifty people from the Old Testament, and thirty people from the New Testament. Charlie Campbell nameswritingbible Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending. Charlie Chaplin limelightperfectwriting Unless I write every day, I don't feel I deserve my dinner. Charlie Chaplin dinnerwritingfeels I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You never know where it'd come from. Songwriting is a God-given talent. Charlie Daniels guitarmusicwriting If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing. Charlie Daniels writingsongthinking I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.” Charlie Day guyexpectationswriting You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, "Well, I think maybe I could add this here, add that there." But I find that I write just as well for the other characters as I do for myself. I think. Charlie Day writingcharacterthinking Obviously, comedy, or art in general, or television, or whatever you want to call it's all subjective. But I do like to know what people are thinking. I don't know how long I'll keep doing that. As it goes on and on, I might become more fearful of it. For the time being, I'm not opposed to reading what people write. Charlie Day readingwritingart«223224225226227228229230231232233»
