#On writing

Life and Letters: The Unfinished: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

• david foster wallace
• on writing

“

I write because I can’t help but make things up.

I write because I love to tell stories.

I write because my imagination compels me to do so.

I write because if I didn’t, I’d be branded a pathological liar.

Oh, and also because I’m still trying to make my dead father proud of me.

But that’s none of your goddamn business.

”

• on writing
• damon lindelof

“‘If they made it, it’s only a matter of time before I make it.’ It seems like a simple and obvious thing, but I have to say, that was right before the time of Y [the Last Man] and The Hood. It was such a change in outlook where you stop being bitter and you realize that art is not a competition, that there’s more than enough room for all of us. You want to give praise to the people who don’t write stories like you. You want there to be as much diversity as possible.”

• On writing
• brian k. vaughan

“The times I’ve pushed myself to be a better person has made me a better artist.”

• on writing
• brian k. vaughan

“I do think that there’s something very detrimental about trying to be a creative person and constantly interfacing with the audience you’re creating for”

• On writing

“It’s training for sports, it’s analogous to anything. If you want to lose weight, there’s no magic diet you can go on. You have to eat less and do other stuff more. Writing is the same way. If you want to get better, live an interesting life. Read everything you can get your hands on. You have to write every day, seven days a week. When you have nothing to say you have to write. Eventually you’ll just get good. I think if you’re the kind of person who can write seven days a week, you’re a writer. If you’d rather play video games in your spare time, you’re something else.”

• On writing
• brian k. vaughan
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• on writing
• quentin tarantino
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