To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths.… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I would have done anything. I just really love the Duplass brothers. I was at a place where I was desperate for… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
“…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
There are so many burning issues to be dealt with that it's completely understandable and natural that a character is struggling with… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
“She smiled. "How...cute." She chose the word rather like a candy, which she bit.” — Matthew Skelton Copy Share Image
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
The writer trusts nothing she writes-it should be too reckless and alive for that, it should be beautiful and menacing and slightly… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
“After his initial homecoming week, after he'd been taken to a bunch of sights by his cousins, after he'd gotten somewhat used… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
No blur of inexactness, no cloud of vagueness, is allowable in good writing; from the first seeing to the last putting down,… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent… — Miles Kington Copy Share Image
Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully... — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader. — Nuruddin Farah Copy Share Image
“A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. — Horace Copy Share Image
People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, & it smells good. Writing is… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
