Quotes by Writing A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is always two or three years behind, because it takes so long to write a script, get financing, and get it made. It just takes a while. But I think it's coming. It has to. Alexander Payne writinglongthinking I'd love to be a director-for-hire and get a nice paycheck and captain one of those big ships, but I think studios mistakenly think I want to write what I direct - which I don't. I write out of desperation, because I never get a script I like, other than "Nebraska." It's a matter of: What's the screenplay? Is it intelligent? Is it human? I don't care what genre, what scale. I'm here for the movies. Alexander Payne nicewritingthinking All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. Alexander Payne editingwritingmean Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? Alexander Pope inkparentwriting And write about it, Goddess, and about it! Alexander Pope goddesswriting Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Alexander Pope nameswritingmen Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. Alexander Pope fruitwritingknowledge Most authors steal their works, or buy. Alexander Pope stealingwritingart Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss. Alexander Pope censurecriticismwriting Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Alexander Pope writingnumberschildren Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand - the name appears Already written - wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes. Alexander Pope heartwritinglying No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other. Alexander Pope doewritingway Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print. Alexander Pope wallwritingrooms But those who cannot write, and those who can, All rhyme, and scrawl, and scribble, to a man. Alexander Pope scribbleswritingmen Write for pleasure and publish for money. Alexander Pushkin publishpleasurewriting I really don't try to force the creative process. I'm really jealous of those other rappers who just hear a beat and write a song within minutes. I know a lot of rappers like that. I'm the type of artist who kind of has to sit with some stuff for a while. Alexander Spit jealouswritingsong No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats…these are the facts. Alexander Trocchi betrayaljourneywriting I like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it! Alexander Wang drawsnameswriting One of my central approaches to writing speculative fiction is to take an absurd situation, which we presently feel is normal, and then push it to an even further absurdity. It's only in this light that we can see the reflection of the disturbing state of our present-day affairs. Alexander Weinstein lightreflectionwriting I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly as any Addison or Steele, and do so in full regard that by tomorrow it will have been burned, or used, if at all, to line a shelf. Alexander Woollcott good-manwritingmen«3233343536373839404142»
