--- title: "14 Writing Quotes By Paul Haggis" description: "14 Writing quotes by Paul Haggis. Plus more from Paul Haggis and more Writing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/paul-haggis-5313_more_there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writin_260367.jpg" --- > [There's nothing more painful than writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writing/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/paul-haggis-5313_more_there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writin_260367.jpg) > [What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contradictions-we-all-embody-as/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/paul-haggis-5313_contradiction_what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contrad_1748792.jpg) > [Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-writing-i-lose-interest-very/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/paul-haggis-5313_interest_unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-w_438990.jpg) > [Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-what-the-project-is/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/paul-haggis-5313_guts_always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-wha_831177.jpg) > [We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/we-all-have-these-tendencies-in-us-that-could-go-this-way-or-that-i/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/paul-haggis-5313_character_we-all-have-these-tendencies-in-us-that_1241324.jpg) > [I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-like-to-write-about-things-about-which-i-have-no-answers-questions/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/paul-haggis-5313_answers_i-like-to-write-about-things-about-which_1706297.jpg) > [You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/you-have-to-have-empathy-knowledge-and-compassion-for-your-characters/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/paul-haggis-5313_character_you-have-to-have-empathy-knowledge-and-c_1398577.jpg) > [I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-don-t-think-writers-should-write-about-answers-i-think-writers/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/paul-haggis-5313_answers_i-don-t-think-writers-should-write-about_607520.jpg) > [I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-try-not-to-think-of-actors-as-i-m-writing-because-i-think-you-do/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/paul-haggis-5313_actor_i-try-not-to-think-of-actors-as-i-m-writ_1817278.jpg) > [I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-made-a-very-good-living-as-a-bad-writer-i-wrote-a-lot-of-comedies/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/paul-haggis-5313_bad_i-made-a-very-good-living-as-a-bad-write_97685.jpg) > [Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxes-as-men-we-do-it-because-we/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-haggis-5313_boxes_now-we-really-like-to-put-people-in-boxe_758998.jpg) > [You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/you-d-be-surprised-how-many-writers-or-how-many-actors-if-they-miss-a/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/paul-haggis-5313_actor_you-d-be-surprised-how-many-writers-or-h_2357097.jpg) > [It takes me awhile to find something that I'm passionate about. I'm reading a lot and thinking a lot, and torturing myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/it-takes-me-awhile-to-find-something-that-i-m-passionate-about-i-m/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/paul-haggis-5313_feeling_it-takes-me-awhile-to-find-something-tha_3187165.jpg) > [All the studios are owned by multinational corporations, which are not usually bastions of the left. So all the actors, writers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/all-the-studios-are-owned-by-multinational-corporations-which-are-not/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/paul-haggis-5313_actors_all-the-studios-are-owned-by-multination_1699182.jpg) ## Other authors on Writing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 186 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 185 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 153 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/anne-lamott/) - [Samuel Johnson 134 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 130 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 128 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 123 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-saunders-37966.jpg) George Saunders 118 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/george-saunders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joyce-carol-oates-53785.jpg) Joyce Carol Oates 110 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/joyce-carol-oates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-natalie-goldberg-70301.jpg) Natalie Goldberg 107 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/natalie-goldberg/) ## More by Paul Haggis > [There's something that's so basically corrupt about any system in which a good and fair profit is not enough. There has to be more,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/there-s-something-that-s-so-basically-corrupt-about-any-system-in/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [In 'The Next Three Days,' even though it was a prison breakout movie, I was asking myself, 'What would I do? How far would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/in-the-next-three-days-even-though-it-was-a-prison-breakout-movie-i/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-made-a-very-good-living-as-a-bad-writer-i-wrote-a-lot-of-comedies/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [The wrong one will start saying things like "withdraw with honor." We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/the-wrong-one-will-start-saying-things-like-withdraw-with-honor-we-ve/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [We crash into each other just so we can feel something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/we-crash-into-each-other-just-so-we-can-feel-something/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [The great majority of Scientologists I know are good people who are genuinely interested in improving conditions on this planet and helping others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/the-great-majority-of-scientologists-i-know-are-good-people-who-are/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [I'm a filmmaker, and I was most influenced by Hitchcock's films. How he could plant such deep enriched characters and then make us care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-m-a-filmmaker-and-i-was-most-influenced-by-hitchcock-s-films-how-he/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [I found two true stories. One was in 2003. One was the beginning of 2004. I decided to meld them. Richard Davis' story which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-found-two-true-stories-one-was-in-2003-one-was-the-beginning-of/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [There's nothing more painful than writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writing/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-m-such-an-antsy-type-of-person-i-can-t-write-in-a-room-without/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come out. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/you-hear-this-story-that-we-re-all-on-the-left-but-when-there-s-a/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/right-after-we-invaded-iraq-i-put-a-sign-on-my-lawn-that-said-war-is/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a dead body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/when-i-discovered-european-filmmakers-it-affected-me-so-deeply-it/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > ['Crash' came from personal experience. I saw things inside me from living in L.A. that made me uncomfortable. I saw horrible things in people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/crash-came-from-personal-experience-i-saw-things-inside-me-from/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) > [Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-writing-i-lose-interest-very/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/paul-haggis/#itemlist", "name": "14 Writing Quotes By Paul Haggis", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's nothing more painful than writing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Haggis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/paul-haggis-5313_more_there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writin_260367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/paul-haggis-5313_more_there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writin_260367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/paul-haggis-5313_more_there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-writin_260367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's nothing more painful than writing.” — Paul Haggis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Haggis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contradictions-we-all-embody-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/paul-haggis-5313_contradiction_what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contrad_1748792.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/paul-haggis-5313_contradiction_what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contrad_1748792.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/paul-haggis-5313_contradiction_what-i-love-about-writing-is-the-contrad_1748792.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.” — Paul Haggis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Haggis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-writing-i-lose-interest-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/paul-haggis-5313_interest_unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-w_438990.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/paul-haggis-5313_interest_unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-w_438990.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/paul-haggis-5313_interest_unless-i-m-really-uneasy-with-what-i-m-w_438990.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.” — Paul Haggis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Haggis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-what-the-project-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/paul-haggis-5313_guts_always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-wha_831177.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/paul-haggis-5313_guts_always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-wha_831177.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/paul-haggis-5313_guts_always-write-from-your-gut-no-matter-wha_831177.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.” — Paul Haggis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. 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