--- title: "1 Writing Weird Quotes By Aaron Belz" description: "1 Writing Weird quotes by Aaron Belz. Plus more from Aaron Belz and more Writing Weird sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/aaron-belz-32222_asteroids_the-language-itself-is-what-gets-me-inte_1461643.jpg" --- > [The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/the-language-itself-is-what-gets-me-interested-in-writing-it-s-weird/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/aaron-belz-32222_asteroids_the-language-itself-is-what-gets-me-inte_1461643.jpg) ## More by Aaron Belz > [We just watch anything speed by. To stop and really ponder what a product label says, or the tagline on a TV commercial, might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/we-just-watch-anything-speed-by-to-stop-and-really-ponder-what-a/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/negative-space-is-important-when-i-teach-students-to-read-critically/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/humor-and-absurdism-are-inevitable-if-you-look-at-our-current-massive/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [I want to leave my readers with a sequence of ideas/phrases that makes them question something they'd taken for granted. Or that confuses them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/i-want-to-leave-my-readers-with-a-sequence-of-ideas-phrases-that/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/the-language-itself-is-what-gets-me-interested-in-writing-it-s-weird/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/writing-essays-and-teaching-composition-have-helped-me-immensely-in/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/after-the-first-few-readings-in-comedy-venues-i-did-begin-to-write/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/surprise-keeps-the-reader-awake-the-only-alternative-is-to-continue/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other beauty product,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/the-brand-is-lying-about-something-or-at-least-misrepresenting-it/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/the-brands-with-which-we-surround-ourselves-prop-us-up-make-us-feel/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/poetry-is-a-way-for-me-to-explore-a-tingly-feeling-to-let-it-play/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/nothing-is-as-easy-or-natural-as-consumer-brands-want-us-to-think-no/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/whenever-i-do-a-comedy-show-i-still-just-read-poems-some-of-which-are/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/i-gravitate-toward-the-larger-worldview-questions-such-as-why-are-we/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) > [I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-belz/i-don-t-really-want-to-write-fiction-at-all-i-don-t-see-why-fiction/) [Aaron Belz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-belz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-weird/aaron-belz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writing Weird Quotes By Aaron Belz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. 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