The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun… — Marin Ireland Copy Share Image
As much as I revere great writing, and am still humbled by it, literary activities are no longer esoteric to me. When… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“...-compost is trucked in; some crops also receive fish emulsion along with their water and a side dressing of pelleted chicken manure.… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“My ideas and judgment proceed only gropingly, faltering, tripping, and stumbling; and when I have gone as far as I can, I… — Montaigne Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing! — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“We should…” Dawes chewed the inside of her cheek as if she’d stored words there for winter. “We should be prepared for… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly. — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great… — Matt Lauria Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
“Hirsch followed Erica Woodhead back to her mother-in-law’s house, learned that Audrey McRae knew nothing about any shotgun, said goodbye to Sergeant… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
“Every once in a bestseller list, you come across a truly exceptional craftsman, a wordsmith so adept at cutting, shaping, and honing… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“You’ve been in my head now,” she said. “Did you get a look at the things I did to survive this life?”… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Accepting "I'm Bad too" is a Great and Beautiful Maturity so far.” — Pradip Bendkule Copy Share Image
There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
“The flowers for the wedding have been done by a drunken homosexual from the Copperbelt. His flower arrangements, his way of life,… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
