“The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Who knew Rob Lowe was funny? On 'Parks and Rec,' we've got some of the funniest comedy writers, some of the funniest… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
“The defining lines of reality have always been a bit blurred for me.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider! — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations — Charles De Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I am at the point of my life where I am realizing that I cannot write about the same shit forever. I… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
In a lot of cases, writers discover that the novel needs to begin later in the action than they'd first thought. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
“To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D. — D Michael Hardy Copy Share Image
“Sentences spoken by writers, unless they have been written out first, rarely say what writers wish to say. Writers are unlucky speakers,… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“It's always been important for writers to be disciplined but now even more so. In addition to the traditional displacement activities like… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The notion of the Internet as a force of political and social revolution is not a new one. As far back as… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
“Maybe Laura’s real problem came in admitting this: there was nothing new under the sun. To write a story would be, somehow… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and… — Maria Lenhart Copy Share Image
As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
