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Writing Quotes by Wallace Shawn
- Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?
- I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it's about later.…
- I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really…
- I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
- For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing.…
- I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know…
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- 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 the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- 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
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov