Writing Quotes

My natural tendency is to write about zombie bunnies, but one of my first writing teachers got incorporated into my writing superego, and I keep hearing his admonition to make things feel more real the weirder they get. Chris Adrian

The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions. Chris Cleave

I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually. Chris Colfer

Good Creative Writing Typing Well Little Act Actually

When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was happy staying in that mode. It was more chordal based and more lyric driven. I enjoyed not making riff-based songs built around a guitar idea. Chris Cornell

I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs. Chris Isaak

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I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing. Chris Jericho

Writing Degree About Rather Written Journalism Than Person Being Who

Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange, but I also feel it's my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened. Chris Kyle

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do. Chris Matthews

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Writing is a solitary occupation; we don't really have any colleagues. Chris Pavone

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If you can't figure out how to make the beginning of your book compelling, you're probably not writing a compelling book. Chris Pavone

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Who will want to write if writing doesn't pay? Chris Pavone

Writing Will Pay Write Want Who

For me, I love exploring ideas and throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what fits, and if I had a really nice collaborative team around me who could deal with the more day-to-day minutia, that would be fun. And directing sometime in the future and writing... yeah, I can see that all in my future. But I can be incredibly lazy. Chris Pine

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The writing process isn't something I'm in love with. I'm an illustrator who writes. Chris Riddell

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I'm doing a couple books at Dynamite. I'm writing Doc Savage over there. Chris Roberson

Savage Writing Books Over Couple Doing Dynamite

At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration. Chris Van Allsburg

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I like writing comic pages, discovering the rhythm of the panels, learning how much you can and can't express. It's good to stretch myself as a writer instead of always doing prose work; I write screenplays for the same reason. Chris Wooding

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My biggest ritual is writing at home more than on the road. I do very little writing on the road. Actually, it's funny to bring this into it, but one thing I always do is have a cup of coffee. I drink the most coffee when I'm writing songs. Chris Young

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid. Christian Kane

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I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums. Christina Aguilera

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Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching. Christina Baker Kline

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