Jeffrey Zeldman Quotes

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself.

You become a great writer by writing.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.

I also have a role model back in New Zealand, a woman called Miranda Harcourt. She's an actress and a writer. Her willingness to stay open to material is really great. I read a lot, and I try to watch and listen to diverse material.

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.

Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up.

I like learning things, and I like that writing comics is an excuse to look into new stuff and research and learn new things and hopefully put them in books.

I enjoy the element of pushing yourself, learning something new, whether it's a dance step, a scene, an emotion.

We all learn every day, and that's the magic about film making.

I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts.

I always think about stuff I learned, in any scene. Juilliard taught me a lot.

Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one a writer.

More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.

I've always been a writer, actually. Not many people assume that, but I kinda keep quiet about anything that I do until I'm ready to show it. It keeps me humble and also makes me work towards a goal.

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer.

Writing makes you more human.