When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and…

But what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If you screw…

— Grace Paley

I've pitched movies to all of the major studio heads in my time.

— Lexi Alexander

I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.

— Robert Downey, Jr

As a producer, it's your job to bang on the table and convince studio heads why great movies should be made.

— Marc Platt

Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work…

— Adam McKay

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like…

— Roger Bart

First the pork chops, then morality

— Bertolt Brecht

When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You…

— Ira Glass

I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.

— Robin Williams

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

— Lucia Micarelli

You can really get your chops in shape in the resident theatres, and I urge anyone to investigate them and to be willing to…

— Jefferson Mays

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

— Cy Coleman

I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb…

— Alan King

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's…

— Jeff Ross

Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven…

— Michael Showalter