Carol Burnett Writing Quotations

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.

I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.

What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.

No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!