“Writing to me is like hitting the herb. No problems, Mon. No worries.” — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you. — Arlene Croce Copy Share Image
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“...I know Shakespeare said art is holding up a mirror to nature- but you're actually bending and refracting it through your interior… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul...you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you… — Judy Croome Copy Share Image
“Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
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By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding. — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
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The recording process was basically me meeting with different writers, going into their studio, starting a song and just hanging out and… — Bridgit Mendler Copy Share Image
The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
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My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You want the character to keep being able to grow through the process of writing, through the process of filming, and editing,… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
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The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
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“I think about Rilke , who said that it's the questions that move us, not the answers. As a writer I believe… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“[The Great Gatsby] is a tour de force of revision. So much so that critics, who rarely mention the edit of a… — Susan Bell Copy Share Image
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