I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
It was also a new role for me as a writer, because I wanted to just be there to serve Sam. I… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
There comes a time as you continue to write and work on scripts and screenplays where you realize that you have opinions… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
Writers are egotists. All artists are. They can’t be altruists and get their work done. And writers love to whine about the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The writer trusts nothing she writes-it should be too reckless and alive for that, it should be beautiful and menacing and slightly… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
“I saw a stop sign, and it occurred to me that just as no one expects a stop sign to stop a… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Cultural identity is of course connected to this issue. When I was younger, it was inspiring to write about the people that… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Most—but not all—of the writers I knew then were young men who cherished their independence, were unconcerned about job security, and were… — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
“In the very act of writing I felt pleased with what I did. There was the pleasure of having words come to… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Speed is not an indicator of quality in terms of fiction. That's true of one's relative slowness or swiftness - taking 10… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the… — Giles Colborne Copy Share Image
“To be inspired is to feel God funnelling into one's work. We always want light from the darkness. We know something is… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
“A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
My mother often mailed me articles from 'Reader's Digest' about advances in DNA chemistry. No matter how I tried to explain it… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
A friend of mine pointed out to me, "Why do you separate your writing and your music?" I got (writers) Rick Moody… — John Wesley Harding Copy Share Image
I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better… — Jonathan Brandis Copy Share Image
If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
I'm the kid in school who always, you know, got the straight A's. I got to be that, you know, alpha aggressive… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
From the beginning, my songwriting was from writing in a journal; it was completely unfiltered. I don't know if I really meant… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
Now that I'm experiencing motherhood, I'm ready to write the next chapter of my family story. Of course a few jaded folks… — Nia Vardalos Copy Share Image
Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Enchantment can be done with writing but I think enchantment is basically a prospective or an operating system for life. That you… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A lot of people have an opinion on scripts, but they aren't equipped to diagnose what the problems are. You realize that… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Sadly I write in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
That's my contribution - running a sound, healthy company that serves millions of customers well and employs hundreds of thousands of people.… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I write most of my first drafts on an old manual typewriter, a really old one. It's a big black metal "Woodstock"… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my life, & if… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
I often say of my background: "That and a Metrocard will get me downtown." Honestly, I think the upshot of my training… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
I feel like I have to be a walking encyclopedia - I constantly have to be explaining myself - especially when I… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs,… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
