“I used to think that: whenever I heard that someone had taken 10 years to write a novel, I'd think it must be a big, serious book. Now I think, 'No - it took you one year to write, and nine years to sit around eating Kit Kats.” ThinkingWritingYearsBookBigsUsedNovelTakenHeardSeriousEatingNineNine Years Author:Ian Rankin
“I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.” WritingHomeSeemsWantedFilmBoysTakenNeededHeyVisualsScreenplaysMississippiHometownJust Saying Author:Tate Taylor
“LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be authentic. Love yourself. First. Love others from your own abundance. Life Changes. Circumstances change. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. And keep on writing love letters to yourself.” WayWritingTryingFirstsSometimesTodayJoyOpportunityTakenLove YouBecomingFitCircumstancesLettersTransformationEmbraceGentleLife ChangingAbundanceLove YourselfFirst LoveRemindersBeing In LoveLove LetterOld WaysLove Of My LifeLove Yourself FirstChange Is GoodWriting LoveBecoming New Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“I’ll write down little lines, I always say, 'K.T.N.,' and I say that to my receivers and running backs and that means 'keep taking notes.' That keeps me alert. That keeps me going. That keeps my drive there, even when you’re taking notes on something that you’ve already taken notes on a million times - keep taking notes.” WritingMeanLittlesRunningLinesMillionsTakenNotesReceiverRunning BackAlready Taken Author:Russell Wilson
“Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, "I am not a crook." Jimmy Carter says, "I have lusted after women in my heart." President Reagan says, "I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope."” ThinkingWritingHeartPresidentTakenMy HeartTestsJimmyCarterDopeCrooksPresident Reagan Author:Art Buchwald
“Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.” PeopleThinkingWritingHas BeensReasonLiteratureOpinionTakenLike MeDramaticPublic OpinionPrintedWrong ReasonsDramatic Change Author:Anthony Holden
“Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed.” WritingTakenNeeded Author:Anne Clark
“We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change. Time and again, Americans have seen the need for change, and have taken the initiative to bring that change to life.” NeedsWritingTakenInitiativeChaptersNeed A ChangeCourage To Change Author:Al Gore
“I once wrote deduceable instead of deducible in a book, though nobody then or since has taken me up on it. A small point as they go, perhaps, but Rule I of writing acceptably is to get everything right as far as you can, and in this case I had neglected to.” WritingBookCasesTakenNeglected Author:Kingsley Amis