Even in the midst of love-making, writers are working on…

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to…

— James A. Michener

People don't want to pay for pitches. They want to see it. If you hear one more time, "Well, that's execution-dependent." Everything's execution-dependent! If…

— Mark Gordon

For writers from working-class families, the making of art is cultural disenfranchisement, for we do not belong in literary circles and our writing rarely…

— Valerie Miner

“One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.”

— Ralph Keyes

You're often looking at writing from writers who, for the most part, are working in forms that traditionally fit into other genres. But sometimes,…

— John D'Agata

Even though I've mostly done movies, TV has developed in such a wonderful way over the past few years in the sense that film…

— Thekla Reuten

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.

— Adam Rapp

For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.

— Hilary Mantel

Sometimes I work in my office, just reading material, meeting writers, working on scripts. Other times, I'm on location. There's a lot of variety.

— Nina Jacobson

What happens is that the experience of writers working together and the idea of creative collaboration is so delightful, but it has been relegated…

— Akiva Goldsman

Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most writers are…

— Kevin Keck

“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”

— Roman Payne

I love making cakes, and I'm good at it.

— Buddy Valastro

I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth…

— Bill Burr

When I was in my twenties and just so sexually prolific, the first time I went to Machu Picchu, this guy, a spiritual teacher,…

— Woody Harrelson