There’s only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that’s a writer sitting down to write.
– Mignon McLaughlin
Tag: writer
Quotable 53
“Being a writer” is itself a weird idea, really, as though there exists a permanent state of glorious writerliness, when in fact writing is not a state of being, but an art, a craft, a set of technical skills.
– Kate Pullinger
Quotable 47
Has there ever been a great writer who did not spend a childhood in books?
– Peter Ackroyd
Quotable 14
When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence.
– Mark Twain
Pen to Paper: The Sitcom Writers’ Prayer
The week began appropriately somber for Memorial Day. Now, let’s start the weekend with something light.
Chuck Lorre is a sitcom writer and creator. His credits include Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men, and my favorite, The Big Bang Theory.
But even someone with those impressive writing chops occasionally looks upward and makes requests of a higher power.
Quotable 4
A generous writer leaves you with a sense of the world they have evoked. A selfish writer leaves you with a sense of their own brilliance.
– Arundhati Roy
Quotable 1
If you wish to be a writer, write.
– Epictetus