I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the… — Anne Beatts Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that don't either… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
“I propose that every person out of work be required to submit a book report before he or she gets his or… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their background, or their religion. People must learn… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image. — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say that you haven't got the right pencil… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I enjoyed needling the press. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have done it. Writers have rarely played, so as a… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Writers (my kind of writers: aspiring novelists, ruminative thinkers, people whose brains don't work quick enough to blog or link or tweet,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
People ask me if I have comedy writers, and I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
“Generally speaking, writers who have been at it for a while, and who are any good at it, suffer from an acute… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen.… — Dick Wolf Copy Share Image
“My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantle piece,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe. — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
“They say a writer is not a single person, it is a bunch of characters. What I learned from life is that… — Himanshu Chhabra Copy Share Image
I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind,… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
Here in New York, we're media obsessed. Writers write about writers who write about writers and reporters and freelancers, and it's just… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
