“You start wondering if you deserved those high reviews on your books or if people just pitied you and went “Poor sod.… — Ash Gray Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink.… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
I think all of us begin as writers. I wanted to be a writer from the time I as eight, long before… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“In Ruth's view, they looked 'like a couple' because they seemed to possess some terrible secret between them - they appeared stricken… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The sense of pleasure you get creating something that doesn’t exist is inexplicable. I can never explain this joy in words. I… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for children's books; there are really… — Jewel Copy Share Image
“Writing has become more than just a profession, and hobby…it has become a way to express my feelings and pour my entire… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons; I will accept those gladly. But I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Real writers - serious writers with serious subjects, who earn their living at it - all seem to write in small rooms… — Peter York Copy Share Image
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What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Present-day worthy poets’ and writers’ writings and books should be added to the syllabus and studied in the schools, colleges and universities… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
I really admire the experimentalists who challenge traditional narrative - writers like Ishmael Reed, Michael Martone, Donald Barthelme, Tatyana Tolstaya, George Saunders,… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered… — Patricia Rae Copy Share Image
“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm in my happy place when I'm sitting in my room, alone. The only light coming from my laptop. The sound of… — Universalclockwork Copy Share Image
Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact,… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
“In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct. Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he… — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though… — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
We're trying to make something that lasts in language and there's no question that many fiction writers began as poets and it's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for… — Angeles Mastretta Copy Share Image
Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan and the slew of fantastic writers and directors have always geared me towards making a three-dimensional human. — Rhea Seehorn Copy Share Image
One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors,… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I can sit in the room with the other writers and just keep saying no until there's something I really like or… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great… — Neal McDonough Copy Share Image
