“Well, I would definitely give up performing... But I would still sit down in an office and pretend to write with Dawn, even if we never produced anything, because it's just hilarious. I would miss that.” IfsGivingWritingWellsStillsMissingOfficeGiving UpDawnPerforming Author:Jennifer Saunders
“I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingWould BeGiving UpTick Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingWritingMindCharacterAbleDifficultEmotionStepsTeachHabitCircumstancesGiving UpSkinsDeterminedSentencesWhat You WantConventionalParagraphBasicsHabits Of Mind Author:Anne Bernays
“Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.” WantGivingWritingJobsGiving UpEconomicsPaint Author:Vikram Seth
“My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs because, full disclosure: I'm really a komodo dragon - and that's because then I'm energized but not so awake that the critical voice clicks on, the voice that sometimes says, "Don't write that," or "Man, that sentence is terrible - you should give up and go pet the cats."” MenGivingShouldWritingSometimesVoiceFourTerribleGiving UpCatCriticalSentencesCoffeeAwakePetDragonsEggsBreakfastClicksBest TimesDisclosure Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“When you give up a bit of work don't (unless it is hopelessly bad) throw it away. Put it in a drawer. It may come in useful later. Much of my best work, or what I think my best, is the re-writing of things begun and abandoned years earlier.” ThinkingGivingWritingYearsMayBitsGiving UpAbandonedBest WorkDrawers Author:C. S. Lewis