Quotes by Writing I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend that there's someone outside with a gun that's saying, 'Don't come out until you write something.'" Andrew Bird what-ifgunwriting The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me. Andrew Bird writingsongideas There's always a tension between wanting to write a really concise, instant gratification type song that gets under your skin the first time you hear it, and wanting to really stretch out. I think it's a healthy tension. Andrew Bird writingsongthinking I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort of drudgery of going out on tour and trying to recreate the record, playing the same 12 songs every night. Andrew Bird writingsongnight The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to light a fire and make it public and create that expectation. It's become part of the writing process, really, a way to ask the audience what they think, how they think it's going. I can't write songs in a vacuum. Andrew Bird hard-workwritingsong The music that I write is often not necessarily full of doom and gloom. You'll notice in most of the darkest songs, the music is actually pretty peaceful and lulling. Andrew Bird doom-and-gloomwritingsong I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle. Andrew Bird strugglewritingsong I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How can I defend my own sensibilities by writing a nugget of a little catchy pop song?" That's how I'm stretching myself, by writing something really simple. Andrew Bird simplewritingsong I have a theory you shouldn't write a book unless you have something to say. Andrew Breitbart theorywritingbook Writing a story starts out as a puzzle in your mind, of "What is it I'm fantasizing about right now that makes me think this is going to be worth years of work?" And you just keep pushing and trying to figure it out, and once you've hit on these resonances... Then as a screenwriter, it can be dangerous if you get too hooked on just finding things that resonate with each other, because then you risk getting into stuff that's too neat, and becomes stifled as storytelling. But you do feel like you're on the right track when you start to have a sense of what goes with what. Andrew Bujalski trackwritingthinking I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer." Andrew Davies agewritingteacher I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills because a writer doesn't make any money. If possible, get a job that allows you to write in your spare time." Andrew Davies writingjobsfather I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically. Andrew Davies love-storystorieswriting The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads. Andrew Davies writingdramapeople The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really. Andrew Davies holidaywritingfun I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. Andrew Dost writingsongthinking Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot. Andrew Eldritch rockswriting I will write a book one day about how I feel about every aspect of Emily Stone. She's a full genius. She has found her genius and is giving it all so fully and beautifully. I think everyone who works with her, brushes shoulders with her, or even makes eye contact with her, gets a shot of sunshine. Andrew Garfield eyewritingbook If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all I can really ask for. That's all I want, to keep losing myself. Andrew Garfield wantwritingpeople I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. Andrew Greeley disabilityfingerswriting«6162636465666768697071»
