The challenge for a nonfiction writer is to achieve a poetic precision using the documents of truth but somehow to make people… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft. — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know… — David Small Copy Share Image
“The artist, in making victims of his muses, remasters himself as a hero, saving them from their otherwise inconsequential lives.” — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
I got to do Disney Sunday movies. I got to do a TV pilot there. And it really helped me to realise… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
“Some writers aren't writers, they are mere escapees' and refugees' on an exile from the jungle of thoughts.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“MY ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS BECAUSE WHILE I STAND STILL MY VIBRATIONS STILL MOVE YOU” — Qwana Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I would never make up a character who didn't exist or an event that didn't transpire. If you're a real writer, you… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer. I wanted experiences from Cape Town to right up in northern Mozambique. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
There's probably a little more creative freedom in cable versus network, a little less of a committee looking over everyone's shoulder, but… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
“He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably connected to the others; he must… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Connie Heermann is a Freedom Writer teacher. I believe she represents the best of what dedicated teachers can be because she chose… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
Truth be told, I didn't want to be on T.V. I was going to be a writer or producer or a director,… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“While I was starting out I had no idea on how the world of writing and publishing worked. I had no mentor,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.” — Jo Deurbrouck Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
