#writing

No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#although #best #could #critic #film

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people. ↗

— Wayne Kramer

#about #any #days #early #first

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#around #busy #case #contention #every

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#alligators #connection #deal #distant #fantasy

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#challenge #enjoying #even #experiencing #felt

I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#become #chance #escape #got #i

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#category #earned #emmy #had #i

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#bit #certainly #different #different thing #done

Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote. ↗

— H. C. Bunner

#lived #note #quote #shakespeare #things

I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#anything #going #i #i think #screenwriting