Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when John Lanchester wrote a piece in the Guardian about my… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I know all actors are different, but I've never sat down and asked the writers, 'Where are we headed? Am I good… — Blair Brown Copy Share Image
“In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its… — Michael Richardson Copy Share Image
“In such troubled times, we must remember the value writers have—the value of inventing new language to keep pace with the rapidly… — Jonathan Stalling Copy Share Image
Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
“Thanks for your encouraging words. But I know the grim realities of being an artist. Most of us would never make a… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.” — Eveli Acosta Copy Share Image
“...nuomstunder have ligesaa mange Skribentere, som Fluer udi September maaned.” — Ludvig Holberg Copy Share Image
Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad. — Harry Harrison Copy Share Image
I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat… — Richard Elman Copy Share Image
I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators. — Ian Hunter Copy Share Image
