“If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages.” — Elaine Liner Copy Share Image
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I find that on serialized television it's wiser to hit the ground and look forward, and take the cues from the writers… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to work with... stream of consciousness,… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“I craved a form of naive realism. I paid special attention, I craned my readerly neck whenever a London street I knew… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I’m addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.” — K.D. Green Copy Share Image
If you are a certain kind of hands-on learner and have been in a writers room and know how scripts get made,… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about 'Castle' is the fact our writers and producers are so collaborative. They allow us to bring… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
“A writer is never just looking out of a window or staring into space. They are building a universe to share with… — Brenda Ashworth Barry Copy Share Image
Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines. — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Horror fans are very passionate people, and they are very much into the 'Saw' thing. So they watch sometimes as carefully as… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
What we need to do, as writers, is find out where our market is and adapt to it. I'm not saying that… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility. — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“Where do you get your ideas?' people are always asking authors they admire, which I’ve always thought was another way of asking,… — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Few writers push the reader away with the coolness, dignity, and faint melancholy of Fleur Jaeggy. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
As I've probably said before, television exposes writers to far more of the nitty-gritty than film does. — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum.… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
