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Writing Quotes by Alan Moore
- You've got to be able to pay your bills, otherwise you're not going to sleep at night. But beyond that, the world inside my head…
- I believe that magic is art, and that art, whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form, is literally magic. Art is, like…
- In a sense, the story, or poem or verse or whatever it is you're writing, you can kind of think of it as a kind…
- There is some confusion as to what magic actually is. I think this can be cleared up if you just look at the very earliest…
- There is no substitute for practical experience, and if you want to write about people you ought to put down that comic book and go…
- On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.
- I'm dependent on writing for a living, so really it's to my advantage to understand how the creative process works. One of the problems is,…
- If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps…
- Life is a lot more interesting if you are interested in the people and the places around you. So, illuminate your little patch of ground,…
- The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism…
- Way back in the day, when I first started and had delusions of adequacy as a cartoonist, I would listen to music. When I switched…
- To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head - and they end up as a material thing,…
- Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate.
- Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch