#writ

As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs...The way I write is who I am, or have become... ↗

— Joan Didion

#life

95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#because #choice #distributors #seems #want

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment. ↗

— Paul Haggis

#could #go #his way #i #i think

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic. ↗

— John Hall

#always #because #call #cheap #contempt

You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#art #bad #began #careful #experience

I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy. ↗

— Peter Weir

#be patient #energy #film #find #go

Poets write the words you have heard before but in a new sequence. ↗

— Brian Harris

#heard #new #poets #sequence #words

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#book #chances #get #great #great book

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#book #going #happen #i #just

I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers. ↗

— Frank Harris

#difficulty #finding #great #great writer #i