Debi Gliori Quotes

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

The only real reason to write professionally is that you love it enough.

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.

I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

I won't talk or deal with a young writer unless I sense he has utterly given his life over to it. It's a waste of my time. If they don't feel 'called' - why in God's name would you do this?

This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.

I had been doing something for more than half of my life that I wanted to continue doing - I really loved making the film and I really love acting and it is what I want to do.

Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

The actual writing is what you live for. The rest is something you have to get through in order to arrive at the point.

If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.

But it's writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something else. Wash the car, maybe.

I'm really hoping to find something that I feel as connected with as I did with 'The Florida Project.' I want to feel that passionate about things that I work on. I don't want to just act to act.

I do think there's a difference when you see a book where you can tell the creator's doing something they really love or are really passionate about as opposed to an artist or a writer who is just doing a particular job or trying to sell a product or trying to cash in on a popular trend.

I have put my heart and soul in 'Baaz.'

I like to see things that take a lot of time and effort and passion. Which I feel like 'Skins' has.

What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.'

I was never in this for the money. It's all about the passion for the music.

I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.

Musically I'm able to keep going, because it's not about money and it's not about success. It's a challenge.

I've always followed my heart. With every project that I've ever chosen, it's been something that I felt I couldn't live without, and that I couldn't spend another day of my life not knowing that I didn't do that role, gave my all to that role, and gave all of my emotions and soul to it.