Writers Quotes · Page 33

I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many…

— David Mitchell

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I…

— A. S. Byatt

In Hollywood, they've chased away all the good writers.

— Joe Don Baker

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

— Steve Martin

I'm an actor, not a writer. I'd be pretty annoyed if the writers tried to come in and hang over my shoulder…

— Shoshannah Stern

Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.

— David Mamet

I think a lot of times stereotypes come when there are disconnected white writers who maybe have two or three black friends,…

— Dorian Missick

“Even if it were possible to cast my horoscope in this one life, and to make an accurate prediction about my future,…

— Christopher Hitchens

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

— Vanna Bonta

Writers do well to carefully attend to those moments of inspiration, because chances are that they're writing from a very deep place.…

— Adam Ross

“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is…

— Joseph Conrad

Last time I blushed was when I smoothed my hands over the back of my dress and actually touched skin. Seems the…

— Gena Showalter

It's worth being suspicious of writers - or anyone! - who does that myth-making thing. There's always a tendency to retrospectively impose…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

— Michael Morpurgo

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets.

— Samuel Johnson

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them,…

— Tom Stoppard

Lots of shows are written completely in the writer's room. And I wouldn't say 'The Walking Dead' is that way. There are…

— Scott M. Gimple

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

— Jay Asher

My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.

— Zig Ziglar

“Ever since she was a young girl, [Patricia Highsmith] had felt an extraordinary empathy for animals, particularly cats. The creatures, she said,…

— Andrew Wilson

“That's okay," I said. "We're writers. We make things up.”

— John Irving

Pfft. I'm not healthy; I'm a writer, goddamnit! Get with the program.

— Universalclockwork

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

— Lois Lowry

“I hope that, whatever happens within the publishing industry, because of the increased control writers have of their own careers, better sales…

— Sara Sheridan

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

— Andrew Davies