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After Strapping, the amount of things in my life had changed were more than I'd ever had to process in any one time, and as a result of that, I found that my writing was veering off in four - sometimes even more - directions.
Devin Townsend
Life
Time
Writing
Result
Sometimes
My Life
Changed
One Time
More
Directions
Had
Were
Off
Than
Any
After
Process
Even
Found
Ever
Amount
Things
Four
Once I finished writing the script, I couldn't find my Pandi. It was actually little difficult to cast for the role. One fine day, when I was shooting for 'Vada Chennai', Raj Kiran's name just popped into my head.
Dhanush
Day
Writing
Finished
Difficult
Once
Find
Fine
Fine Day
Cast
Head
Name
Role
Shooting
Just
Script
Little
Actually
I don't know if I am a good, average, or bad writer, but I write fast. Everything I observe, my experiences and imagination come together while writing.
Dhanush
Good
Together
Writing
Imagination
Everything
Bad
Write
Writer
Observe
Come
Know
Am
Experiences
While
Average
Fast
As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.
Diablo Cody
Writing
Every
Summer
Books
Spent
Kid
Bent
Detailed
Over
Reports
Stack
Each
Each One
For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.
Diablo Cody
Great
Me
Writing
Way
Prose
Great Way
Self-Indulgent
Essays
Fiction
If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events, but less so when you're writing an essentially straight historical fiction.
Diana Gabaldon
History
You
Writing
Events
Characters
Something
Perfectly
Clearly
Known
Alternative
Course
Historical
Historical Fiction
Labelled
Essentially
Legitimate
Fiction
Straight
Less
Play
You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This is what I was thinking when I was writing that part of the book,' and so it brings it all back very gradually as you're working.
Diana Gabaldon
Day
You
Book
Writing
Thinking
Back
One Day
See
Totally
Scene
Part
Remembering
Very
Times
Gradually
Which
While
Shot
Working
Fascinating
Brings
Watching
I began writing 'Outlander' in 1988, so the Internet as we now know it didn't exist.
Diana Gabaldon
Writing
Internet
Outlander
Know
Exist
Began
Now
You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.
Diana Krall
Life
You
Yourself
Writing
My Life
Difficult
Sung
Emotional
Songs
Know
Reveal
Lot
Very
Decide
I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.
Diane Cilento
Mathematics
Good
Science
Writing
Algebra
Never
Sort
Sure
Very
Essays
Loved
I think it's lovely that women are afforded attention on the stage in terms of their inner journeys, their emotional lives. That's the great harvest, the great writing available to women. Whether that makes it to the screen, that's a whole other conversation.
Diane Lane
Great
Conversation
Women
Writing
Stage
Think
Other
Harvest
Emotional
Attention
Journeys
Terms
Makes
Women Are
Afforded
Screen
Whether
Lovely
Available
Whole
Lives
Inner
Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.
Diane Mott Davidson
Work
Cooking
Writing
Relaxing
It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how we get from Point A to B to C in the analysis.
Diane S. Sykes
Writing
Decision
Important
Analysis
Our
About
Case
Point
Opinions
How
Method
Get
Really
Transparent
I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.
Diane Warren
Writing
Different Kinds
Run
Kinds
Songs
Like
Artists
Different
Wanted
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
Dick Cavett
You
Yourself
Writing
Others
Once
Easy
Give
Reluctance
Remained
Had
Sure
Became
Block
Caused
Been
Did
Anything
Might
Use
Hard
Why
Away
Harder
I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
Dick Cavett
Art
Great
Writing
Wonderful
Insult
Art Form
Any
Often
Form
Found
Ever
I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating and dressing themselves who believe their lives are ruled from billions of miles away, by the stars - and, of course, the planets.
Dick Cavett
Myself
Daily
People
Writing
Reading
Believe
Stars
Earth
Ruled
Eating
Dressing
Remind
Almost
Course
Confess
Capable
Themselves
Planets
Miles
Who
Billions
Away
Lives
I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.
Dick Schaap
Writing
Mistakes
Think
Spell
Adjectives
Kind
Rarity
Vivid
Seems
Clear
Knew
Days
Leaning
Cliches
How
Least
Were
Common
Place
Which
Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.
Dick Schaap
You
Together
Book
Writing
Drop
Fighting
Sugar
Would
Some
About
He
Ray
Like
Him
Talked
Dealing
Fake
Doing
Lot
Articles
Then
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.
Dick Van Dyke
Time
Good
Me
Writing
Pilot
Own
Out
Window
About
Threw
My Own
Had
Simply
Idea
Because
Oh
Just
Eight
Scripts
Sent
Then
I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
Dick Van Dyke
Writing
Van
Writers
Had
Particular
Like
Looked
Because
Said
Got
Lot
Dyke
Show
Who
Fun
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.
Dick Wolf
Character
You
Book
People
Writing
Backbone
Saw
Way
Draw
Had
Drove
Effect
Very
Story
Storytelling
Compelling
Set
My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
Dimebag Darrell
Writing
Heroes
Own
Our
Randy
Van
Van Halen
Brother
Stuff
Like
Halen
Drums
Eddie
Dudes
Were
Ace
After
Garage
Played
Started
I started using this outlet of creativity - you know, going to the studio, writing, meeting these writers and producers - as the best form of representing myself to my fullest potential.
Dinah Jane
Best
Myself
You
Creativity
Writing
Meeting
Outlet
Potential
Writers
Studio
Know
Going
Representing
Form
Producers
Fullest
Using
Started
In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music.
Dinah Shore
Music
Time
You
Writing
Country
Important
Lyric
Melodies
Complex
More
Marvelous
New
Country Music
Singers
Hear
Get
Form
Interested
Little
Who
Popular
Popular Music
Interpreting
As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.
Dinaw Mengestu
Faith
Religion
Writing
Doubt
Took
Considered
Undergraduate
Course
Inevitably
Accompany
Form
Then
Theology
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