Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.
If you don't have a burning passion for writing, how can you expect anyone else to be moved by what you write?
Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.
Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.
I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.
Sometimes I write a song and I'm down with it but I'm like yeah, whatever, and then everybody loves it and then it blows up. I'm like: "Okay! I didn't see that coming. "
I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.
I think the secret to success is a short-term outlook. So for example, I'm writing the next Killing book now and I have to just make every chapter compelling, so I can't get too far ahead of it. I just stay in the present and then go over what I have to do.
I will consistently strive to learn by what I hear, see, and feel. I will write down the important things I learn, and I will do them.
I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.
There are certainly a lot of people - and I won't name names - who are getting by simply on expression. And I guess that's valuable in some sense. But songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.
It is personalities not principles that move the age.
Anytime you write about priests or cops, they're hot-button professions.
A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.
I always feel like I have got so much to write about, when it comes to writing for the album. I still think that even though my songs are written from my perspective, I think that all age-ranges can relate to the songs.
Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality. . . these people play beautifully.
Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful.