The writer's business is to find the shape in unruly life…

“The writer's business is to find the shape in unruly life and to serve her story.”

— Dorothy Gallagher

There's this great Ron Carlson story, "A Note on the Type," and it's about this guy who keeps escaping from prison. He's really good…

— Pam Houston

Let the business shape the organization, not the organization shape the business.

— Richard Moran

A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.

— Dawn Powell

Whether a project is large or small, it doesn't matter much to me as long as I feel I can serve the story as…

— James Ponsoldt

When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school…

— Halle Berry

The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.

— Joseph Boyden

“I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again; forever.”

— John Irving

I'm a writer, but this is a business. You have to look at it in the way you would look at any business.

— Janet Evanovich

The only purpose of the visuals, in any film, is to serve the story.

— Don Hertzfeldt

I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to…

— Melanie Lynskey

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

— Michael Crichton

For me, the filmmaking should serve the story, first and foremost.

— Rupert Wyatt

“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage have heard…

— Karl Wiggins

“If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in…

— Witold Gombrowicz