My films are misinterpreted all the time. I don't mind that. Everybody's films are misinterpreted. But there's no malice or stupidity in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
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Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The main event is freedom. I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
I don't worry about being exposed. When I'm writing about myself I think about myself as a character. There is a ton… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Years ago, in my earliest and pastiest days as a would-be writer, I once read a new story aloud to S. and… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The great body of physical science, a great deal of the essential fact of financial science, and endless social and political problems… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I have written before about why climate change has to be halted. In retirement, I want to look my grandchildren in the… — Tulsi Tanti Copy Share Image
I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it's a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
In high school, I was doing my magazine 'Rookie' and a lot of writing, and I became a little less interested in… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
“I have tried to outline, but all that seems to guarantee is that the book will not much resemble the outline, so… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
Writing style is something is a consequence of who you are. I think that I had a certain propensity for a style… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
An understandable hunger for potential clients tempts many [career counseling therapists] to overpromise, like creative writing teachers who, out of greed or… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
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The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
“That was enough dialogue for a few pages - he had to get into some fast, red-hot action. There weren't any more… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
There is an advantage in having a routine and working with the same people when you can and in writing as a… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think one of the main reasons I write is to do better than ranting. The ranting is the opinion, and the… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Australia, most of the filmmakers there write a film and they direct it. There's a lot of writer/directors there, because nobody wants… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Ritsu: Please, Onii-san, please write with takoyaki power! Mitsuru: Yes, sensei! With ikyayaki or takoyaki or whatever it takes! Write quickly, without… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
I think everyone has a story to tell. Part of what I do is help artists find their voice, not only their… — Salaam Remi Copy Share Image
“I’m a writer; I can float for hours on a word like “amethyst” or “broom” or the way so many words sound… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
We write in ways that, we generally hope, reflect real life, or at least look familiar to humans. And in life, recurring… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I was originally an actor, and then I started to write. One of the most frustrating things about acting was that it… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Rueful, bittersweet, funny, written with tenderness and bite, Merrill Feitell's stories, like so many classic short stories, are made from the plain… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I can hardly bring myself to caution you against drinking, because I am persuaded that I am writing to a rational creature,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I love Yamaha Clavinovas. I have them at home, in the studio and on tour with me. I find them ideal for… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
“-Write out a conversation with your inner voice. Begin the entry with a question directed to yourself, then write your mental response.… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
If getting on the radio was a major motivation, I'd be one of the worst writers of all time. I admire people… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
If you think that what you're doing is not all that important in the larger scheme of things and that you're just… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I want to write something so simply about love or about pain that even as you are reading you feel it and… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“These reasonings will furnish us with an adequate definition of a true critic: that he is a discoverer and collector of writers’… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I write about love and family a lot, because I'm always trying to figure those things out. At different points in my… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
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