Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication. — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story” — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes. — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
I consider William Gay one of the great writers that no one has ever heard of. — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, I find that writers are treated as if they are invisible, as if they don't matter. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm transitioning to television and film, but ultimately, I want to have a stronger presence on the web and be able to… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
“Some writers add beauty to the world while others lament its ugliness. Left with these two options, I'd say Wiener wasn't so… — Gabriela Weiner Copy Share Image
Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“Writers write. Period. No matter how hard it is. One word after another. Sometimes the sentences spill quickly from our fingertips, and… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for everything he has said and everything he… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers… — Don Delillo Copy Share Image
Led by a new generation of edgy sportswriters like Lipsyte, we found new purpose in the great issues of the day -… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
“Despite the fact that he loves books and owns a bookstore, A.J. does not particularly care for writers. He finds them to… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Harriet pushed her hair back and looked at him seriously. 'Sport, what are you going to be when you grow up?' 'You… — Louise Fitzhugh Copy Share Image
“A painter,” he said, as though the word were an insult. “I’m a writer .” “You’re a writer ? I’m a writer.”… — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow,… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
“and yet the original Writers at Work volumes, especially the first three, possessed a magic all their own. As a teenager, I… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“This is the strange life of books that you enter along as a writer, mapping an unknown territory that arises as you… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“He had a book to finish. Ten-thousand words. The other ninety thousand had been difficult. This last tenth seemed impossible. His plot… — Garry Kilworth Copy Share Image
“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own. — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work. — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate. Not… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I'm one of those writers that have always worked on multiple things. — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
Us writers all like each other and want to write stories with each other; we're having a good time. — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do. — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
“I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack” — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore. — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
“Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation. ” — Patrick Dennis Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm any competition to the already-existing canon of writers in Kannada. How can I ever even think of comparing… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
“I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
