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. Not, you may note, to serve her family,…

— Alison Bechdel

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'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

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

— John Irving

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

I think some of the best sex writing is going to come from the unexpected sources, not the same old same old. Like I'd…

— Rachel Kramer Bussel

“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard”

— Mala Naidoo

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

— Kate Zambreno