Quotation by

David Schwimmer

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.

David Schwimmer

Experience

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

David Schwimmer suggests that focusing on the unique details of your own life helps your true style of expression develop naturally. When your writing is deeply rooted in personal experience, it can connect with many people because those specific feelings or situations often resonate broadly.

More by this author

All quotes by David Schwimmer →

More quotes about Experience

See all →

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible.

I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible, and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of …

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.

I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.

At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.