Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you can write about a character's day in under a minute and sometimes it takes a day just to write about… — Jennifer v Clancy Copy Share Image
“The highest privilege of being a writer is being able to say, 'open your mind to me and I'll take you to… — Alexei Maxim Russell Copy Share Image
Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
I'm never going to write a book like Anthony Sher did, you know, 'The Broadcaster Prepares.' I'm only talking to myself. I'd… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
“There was one story that anger certainly lit the fuse of. In the 1960's, in my home town of Jackson, the civil… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to… — Mike White Copy Share Image
“The novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. A messy procedure, with lots of groaning.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
Above all else, 'Doctor Who' still seems to me to offer near-infinite scope for the writer. It must be the least constraining… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist;… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Then I knew what the trouble was. I needed experience. How could I write about life when I'd never had a love… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you know there are ways in which we don't know what we're doing at all. We're working out… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
When I went to high school, I wanted to be a designer of airplanes. But flunking out of the science high school… — Avi Copy Share Image
My mode as a writer is to layer different perspectives: the scientific, the philosophical, the political, the journalistic. When you layer them,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing.… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
