I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach,… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Some stories doesn't need to be written, circumstances automatically narrates the scenes behind it. — Sushan Copy Share Image
Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that… — Randy West Copy Share Image
“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Most actors can't write. Most writers can't act. Most comedians can't act. I can do all three, so why wouldn't I do… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
As far as personal philosophies go, I think you should know your ending. I know that's radically different from a lot of… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image
There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction. — John Connolly Copy Share Image
What we are is what we were always meant to be, and that's writers. — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“Oh God how subtle he would have to be, how cunning... No paragraph, no phrase even of the thousands the book must… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“You have seven writers in your basement?” Donald nods, signing, “They like it here. There’s a poet, a couple of novelists, an… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
“ Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“As a writer, I am not opposed to killing off villains. That's not the kind of later biting in the ass I… — Gabbo De La Parra Copy Share Image
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