I'm exhausted from the nonexistent bullshit my mind makes up. To suffer from imagination rather than from reality has got to be… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
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What we need to do, as writers, is find out where our market is and adapt to it. I'm not saying that… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
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My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
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If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Certain governments are suggesting that bloggers and tweeters aren't 'real' writers and, so, don't merit protection. A writer is anyone from a… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Our culture places a very high value on storytelling, and the more that Catholic writers are able to master that craft, the… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
In America, I am brown; I'm 'of colour', so I would be offered Latin roles, and I've fought against that. I don't… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
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Writers end up writing stories-or rather, stories' shadows-and they're grateful if they can, but it is not enough. Nothing the writer can… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
“A younger writer, David Leavitt, would later say he envied White for having “such a representative life”. And it’s true: the zeitgeist… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
“Write, write, write! Get your you-know-what in the chair and write more books: write the books of your heart and don’t let… — Sarra Cannon Copy Share Image
The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
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I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Women writers are often conflated with their narrators - as if we can't consciously construct fictional worlds from the ground up and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or… — John Banville Copy Share Image
I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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Usually, new producers and writers want to put their stamp on a show. They don't want to continue what's working. They want… — Anthony Geary Copy Share Image
Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
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