"I'm writing for women, basically. And a lot of women lead pretty dreary lives, and they're stuck up in a high-rise flat with a kid, or they're maybe in some lonely little farmhouse with no running water, or something miserable. They've found your book or they've bought a cheap copy in the supermarket. You want to take them on a sort of journey. You are bringing them into your own environment.
It's lovely when you're really in a good writing mood, when everything you do turns into fiction as you're doing it. It's not black-and-white photography, but really lovely color. It makes life much more interesting because all the time that you're living it, you're embroidering and turning it into something else. You go to a rather dull party and you meet a cracking character, maybe a poisonous, bad person- or a nice person- but a really good person to write about. And all of those things make life very entertaining."
- Rosamunde Pilcher, International Best-Selling Author
I came across this quote in Andrew Zuckerman's newest book, WISDOM. It is the most beautiful book I have ever been blessed enough to read. In it's pages are the wisdom of numerous men and women over the age of 70 - everyone from Clint Eastwood (cover shot) to Desmond Tutu, from Bill Withers, to Madeline Albright. Simply turning the page left me close to tears. If only we all could make 5% of the impact these men and women have made - wouldn't the world be a better place?
Do yourself a favor and get this book- there is also an amazing documentary that comes with it. You can learn more about the book here:
http://www.wisdombook.org/
And more about Andrew Zuckerman here:
http://www.andrewzuckerman.com/
I'm sitting here thinking the same question many of you are probably thinking... what does this book have to do with our feature film? I think the answer is this: inspiration comes in so many forms - and this text is something that truly inspires me to want to be a better person and use my creativity for good...
"Inspiration is for amateurs, most of us just show up and get to work." - Chuck Close
If inspiration is for amateurs then I'm the 1st grader in Quantum Physics.
Till next time,
Traci
p.s. we've set deadlines - 1st cut of the film: September 26th.
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you know, that inspiration quote is very true - so much of writing is really completing the actual verb, "to write." Inspiration is really hard work.
as an aside, I read that the ideal amount of time to work is 90 minutes, because creative bursts apparently will come in that time period...hmm...but to scientifically quantify it seems kind of crazy.
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