There’s a happiness that comes from writing that I won’t live without. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68 Maria Semple Quotes – Inspirational Quotes At Brainyquote. [online] Available at: <https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/maria-semple-quotes>… Read more “There’s A Happiness That Comes From Writing”
Day: May 21, 2020
The Walks Are When You Let Go
On my walks, that’s when the good ideas come. The kind of hard, gritty work is when you’re sitting at the computer and it’s kind of intense… Read more “The Walks Are When You Let Go”
The Freedom To Intricately Plot
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I’m constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom… Read more “The Freedom To Intricately Plot”
Like Gulliver Being Tied Down
In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There’s so much more freedom in fiction writing. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68 Maria Semple Quotes… Read more “Like Gulliver Being Tied Down”
TV Writing Taught Me To Be A Good Storyteller
In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68… Read more “TV Writing Taught Me To Be A Good Storyteller”
Ludicrously Uninformed
I don’t know if it’s a failure of imagination on my part, but I’m not going to be writing about Paris in the 1800s. I feel like… Read more “Ludicrously Uninformed”
An Artist Must Create
An artist must create. If she doesn’t, she will become a menace to society. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68 Maria Semple Quotes – Inspirational Quotes At Brainyquote. [online] Available… Read more “An Artist Must Create”
I Don’t Abandon It
If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn’t abandon it. Because I remembered: There’s always more. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68 Maria… Read more “I Don’t Abandon It”
It’s Not Just A Story
I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain… Read more “It’s Not Just A Story”
The Only Books Worth Reading
In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics. BrainyQuote. 2020. 68 Maria Semple Quotes – Inspirational Quotes At Brainyquote.… Read more “The Only Books Worth Reading”
I Try To Keep Things As Real As I Can
I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don’t have… Read more “I Try To Keep Things As Real As I Can”
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