Quotes by category:Writing

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

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I feel really qualified to write about Australia. by Chris Lilley

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

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To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

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We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.

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You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

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I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

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I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK C... by Chris Martin

I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK Computer.

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Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do.

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I started playing guitar when I was in eighth grade, and that led to trying to write songs and trying to figure out how to play in bands. That led to meeting people, and getting into the local punk rock scene, and going to shows. So that was how I really got into the culture of it.

Chris McCaughan

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It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

voice mind writing

The obvious reductio ad absurdum is Holocaust deniers: Should their perspective be provided, for "balance," any time someone writes about the Holocaust?

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Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it. by Chris O'Dowd

Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

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We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.

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Write 100 things that you love about your partner. It's another way of keeping yourself in check. It's hard to do.

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I never really write the jokes. I just sit down over a week or two and try to figure out what I want to talk about. Once I narrow that down, then I start working on the material, like "How do I make this stuff funny?"

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The thing I try to get across to the writers - and I do a lot of writing, too - is that when I do stand-up, nothing I talk about is funny. Everything is really sad and tragic and then I make it funny.

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I don't write jokes first. I write down topics. I think of what I want to talk about, and then I write the jokes - they don't write me... And even if you don't think it's funny, you won't think it's boring. You might disagree, but you'll listen. And maybe even laugh as you disagree.

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The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.

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Success is just hanging out with my kids. I mean, I always say if you have options, you're rich. To me, success is the fact that hey, I just did a movie and maybe I'll do some stand up, maybe I'll will write a book or maybe I will do a play.

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You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.

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