Quotes by Writing I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way. Andrew Motion donewritingway But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. Andrew Motion modernwritingway But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems. Andrew Motion bellshatswriting I'm not interested in writers who are overcome with certainty, with single-mindedness, or with a sense of how consistent and morally upstanding they are. My writers are in the thick of it and they seek the truth, rather than embody it, and sometimes they find truths that don't sit palatably or easily together. That's life. That's personality. And that's writing. Andrew O'Hagan personalitytogetherwriting Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before. Andrew O'Hagan selfwritingdiscovery God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and writing songs that bear truth that outlasts the songs themselves. If I did this in hopes of thunderous applause and piles of cash, I would have quit years ago. But there are moments on the stage when I sense something magical, a connection with the band and the audience, when our stories intersect and suddenly we’re wading in an ancient river. Suddenly the song is secondary to the greater story being told through each of us. Andrew Peterson writingsongmean If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock. Andrew Pyper neckshairwriting When I talk to Ryan Murphy or Ali Adler about my past or things in my personal life, occasionally pieces of that will end up in the script, and I think that's true of everybody. It's true of that entire writer's room, certainly of Ryan and Ali. I think that he writes really well for actors, for his actors, and he writes to their strengths. I always feel very well taken care of with him. Andrew Rannells takenwritingpast I'm trying my best to sound like me rather than trying my best to write hits or praying to God that people respond. I've arrived in a very healthy place and it feels great! Andrew Ripp healthywritingpeople Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs. Andrew Ripp hard-workwritingsong I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking five times and then having to convince the system that you really, truly, mean it and this is not a mistake and that you are consenting adult over 18 and that you completely understand the consequences and you still want to do it. Andrew S. Tanenbaum mistakewritingmean Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days. Andrew S. Tanenbaum shouldmindwriting For me, the historical and genealogical library is the one I use. I'm working on, I'll say, it's a time travel novel. I haven't written very much of it. That's the dirty secret of the Cullman center: The writers don't write their fiction there, they just do their research. Andrew Sean Greer historicalwritingdirty While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus. Andrew Solomon motivationhumilitywriting I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples. Andrew Solomon storieswritingtrying Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud. Andrew Sullivan alivewritingsports I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking. Andrew Sullivan writingyearsthinking My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules; very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie; if you're wrong, correct; do not misrepresent; and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong. Andrew Sullivan writingmeanlying Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing... or producing. Andrew Taylor rockschallengeswriting It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. Andrew Vachss wallusewriting«6364656667686970717273»
