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title: "23 Writer Room Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Writer Room quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Writer Room sayings and thoughts."
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> ['Nathan for You' was my first time being in a writer's room, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-mooney/nathan-for-you-was-my-first-time-being-in-a-writer-s-room-really/)

[Kyle Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-mooney/)

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> [The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-gann/the-writer-s-room-is-a-really-interesting-place-to-be/)

[Jason Gann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-gann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/jason-gann-18406_interesting_the-writer-s-room-is-a-really-interestin_1876706.jpg)

> [I've never been in a writer's room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-jones/i-ve-never-been-in-a-writer-s-room/)

[Rashida Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/rashida-jones-2217_room_i-ve-never-been-in-a-writer-s-room-88911_889112.png)

> [The environment in a writer's room, I've really come to feel, should be some form of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-environment-in-a-writer-s-room-i-ve-really-come-to-feel-should-be/)

[Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/jason-katims-16317_come_the-environment-in-a-writer-s-room-i-ve_1825028.png)

> [When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wilmore/when-you-work-in-television-you-re-in-the-writer-s-room-all-the-time-2/)

[Larry Wilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wilmore/)

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> [I write a lot of my own music. I usually go in with a producer, and every now and then there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loren-gray/i-write-a-lot-of-my-own-music-i-usually-go-in-with-a-producer-and/)

[Loren Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loren-gray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/loren-gray-25642_go_i-write-a-lot-of-my-own-music-i-usually_1927491.jpg)

> [I like that free spirit where you can laugh together and argue. I love a writer's room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-dippold/i-like-that-free-spirit-where-you-can-laugh-together-and-argue-i-love/)

[Katie Dippold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-dippold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/katie-dippold-37993_arguing_i-like-that-free-spirit-where-you-can-la_283569.jpg)

> [Writing on 'Love' is so steeped in self-analysis. The writer's room can feel like therapy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rust/writing-on-love-is-so-steeped-in-self-analysis-the-writer-s-room-can/)

[Paul Rust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rust/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/paul-rust-9149_feel_writing-on-love-is-so-steeped-in-self-an_2321304.jpg)

> [There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-cannon/there-s-still-only-maybe-three-female-writers-or-two-female-writers/)

[Kay Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-cannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/kay-cannon-21247_female-writers_there-s-still-only-maybe-three-female-wr_1180189.jpg)

> [“If you're the 'brilliant writer' in the room, you're in the wrong writers' room.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-roff/if-you-re-the-brilliant-writer-in-the-room-you-re-in-the-wrong/)

[Don Roff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-roff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/don-roff-15089_brilliant_if-you-re-the-brilliant-writer-in-the-ro_2392749.png)

> [I was a writer. I wrote on the show. We were in the writer's room and by about episode five, I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-goldstein/i-was-a-writer-i-wrote-on-the-show-we-were-in-the-writer-s-room-and/)

[Brett Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-goldstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/brett-goldstein-10360_i-think_i-was-a-writer-i-wrote-on-the-show-we-we_3225373.jpg)

> [Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-glover/writing-is-a-very-strenuous-thing-it-s-like-banging-your-head-against/)

[Donald Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-glover/)

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> [I wanted to be the writer in the room setting depth charges of feeling out the world with my language.You know, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosanne-cash/i-wanted-to-be-the-writer-in-the-room-setting-depth-charges-of/)

[Rosanne Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosanne-cash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/rosanne-cash-7972_depth_i-wanted-to-be-the-writer-in-the-room-se_362524.jpg)

> [That's kind of my job in the writer's room. I'm always the guy going, like, 'People wouldn't say that there. They wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-burr/that-s-kind-of-my-job-in-the-writer-s-room-i-m-always-the-guy-going/)

[Bill Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-burr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/bill-burr-1900_crazy_that-s-kind-of-my-job-in-the-writer-s-ro_1969549.png)

> [Lots of shows are written completely in the writer's room. And I wouldn't say 'The Walking Dead' is that way. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in-the-writer-s-room-and-i/)

[Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/scott-m-gimple-26128_dead_lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in_1415666.png)

> [Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/every-so-often-you-want-to-map-out-your-plot-mythology-but-never-so/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/eric-kripke-14863_ability_every-so-often-you-want-to-map-out-your_2093447.png)

> [The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/the-saying-within-the-writer-s-room-which-were-my-words-of-wisdom-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/david-shore-29274_crime_the-saying-within-the-writer-s-room-whic_355107.png)

> [The writer's room is super-chill - Donald, of course being my brother, helps. My boss is my brother, in a way; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-glover/the-writer-s-room-is-super-chill-donald-of-course-being-my-brother/)

[Stephen Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-glover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/stephen-glover-28981_being_the-writer-s-room-is-super-chill-donald_836848.jpg)

> [Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/comedy-can-be-especially-in-a-writer-s-room-really-aggressive-kind-of/)

[Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/)

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> [I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marge-piercy/i-did-not-always-know-i-would-be-a-writer-until-i-had-a-room-of-my/)

[Marge Piercy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marge-piercy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/marge-piercy-2610_book_i-did-not-always-know-i-would-be-a-write_1808139.png)

> [If you're in the writer's room, in any writer's room in the world, before you pitch a joke or suggest an idea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-rosenthal/if-you-re-in-the-writer-s-room-in-any-writer-s-room-in-the-world/)

[Philip Rosenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-rosenthal/)

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> [Because we spent so much time in the writer's room, not even talking about where it goes, but just who the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veena-sud/because-we-spent-so-much-time-in-the-writer-s-room-not-even-talking/)

[Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veena-sud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/veena-sud-27264_moments_because-we-spent-so-much-time-in-the-wri_1104883.jpg)

> [I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/i-ve-hung-out-in-the-writer-s-room-a-few-times-but-the-fact-is-we-ve/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/patton-oswalt-2795_facts_i-ve-hung-out-in-the-writer-s-room-a-few_2253809.png)

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