I have a pretty big TV background, and I have clocked so…

I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do very little…

— Sharon Kay Penman

Stay in these rooms for years and years, live on forever in a glorious museum.

— Lydia Millet

I multitask and always have the TV on in the background. If I need to focus, I generally have to turn off the TV.

— Joy Reid

In my workshop, I like to have the TV on for background noise, but I only put on shows that you don't really need…

— William Gurstelle

I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and…

— Jennifer Sky

I just had this perception of stand up that was like you're alone on stage, where improv is very collaborative. That's also why I…

— Ayo Edebiri

It's not uncommon to have chaotic writers' rooms.

— Richard LaGravenese

There have been days where I've had two writers' rooms or three writers' rooms going, and you walk back and forth. And then you…

— Noah Hawley

I'm always fascinated by how different writers' rooms work.

— Megan Abbott

Being in writers' rooms turns you feral. You are swearing, you are going to very dark, mean places. You start out in the room…

— Maria Semple

I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.

— Nell Scovell

Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to happen or…

— Kenya Barris

There are writers' rooms that will write episodes all together, who will break into little groups and write certain scenes. Everyone's process can be…

— Jim Rash

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca