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All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

— Martin Short

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✓Similar Perspectives

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do.

— Joss Whedon

My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.

— Kehlani

I've never been good with structure - doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.

— Kim Gordon

The script is always the main preparation for me. Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it, but if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

— Mads Mikkelsen

I write a lot in my head. I've never been driven to write things down.

— Edward P. Jones

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

— Lata Mangeshkar

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

— Mo Farah

I'm an author who likes assignments, who needs suggestions, ideas I would never have thought of otherwise - then something happens inside my alien head. Other people have to decide whether or not I'm a good writer, but I do have the ability to write in different styles.

— David Lagercrantz

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've done a lot of assignment work in my life, and the only way you can do it is to make it your own as quickly as possible, and then you give it back.

— Kenneth Lonergan

I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

— Jeff Nichols