Scientists do what writers do. They also live with an active interiority, only the ongoing speculation in their heads is about relations… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
“Cunningham himself said in an interview in Poz that he couldn’t help noticing that as soon as he wrote a novel without… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace: writers who are often not content to just stack paragraphs and have… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
The metaphor of the subterranean is at work in a lot of Northwest writers and artists. Zooming in closer and closer and… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors,… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for… — Angeles Mastretta Copy Share Image
Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan and the slew of fantastic writers and directors have always geared me towards making a three-dimensional human. — Rhea Seehorn Copy Share Image
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write.… — Bjornstjerne Bjornson Copy Share Image
Realistic writing kept me stable. It kept my mind less clustered by resting my soul; pouring it onto a blank canvas. I… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I have never experienced writers block and I've written every day since June 1972. But I have experienced the need to get… — Jan Marquart Copy Share Image
Some writers, of course, simply write, as they feel they are driven to do, by outer/inner inspirations. If, after the work is… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I have to say that The Simpsons comes from a huge number of great writers headed by Al Jean, the show-runner, and… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
We're trying to make something that lasts in language and there's no question that many fiction writers began as poets and it's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though… — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
“In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct. Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he… — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact,… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
I'm in my happy place when I'm sitting in my room, alone. The only light coming from my laptop. The sound of… — Universalclockwork Copy Share Image
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered… — Patricia Rae Copy Share Image
I really admire the experimentalists who challenge traditional narrative - writers like Ishmael Reed, Michael Martone, Donald Barthelme, Tatyana Tolstaya, George Saunders,… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“Present-day worthy poets’ and writers’ writings and books should be added to the syllabus and studied in the schools, colleges and universities… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
“Some people work for the money they can earn doing what they do. Others work because of a love of what they… — Daniel Kemp Copy Share Image
But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
“Don't let yourself be amazed by the imagination of a writer and his words, writers are almost all the time in a… — Nema Al-Araby Copy Share Image
Writers perform an extremely important role: they make others dream, those who are unable to dream for themselves. And everyone needs to… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Indies are doing well because of their willingness to experiment, their willingness to share data and lessons with other writers, and their… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Early influences included Lorrie Moore, Amy Hempel, Charles Baxter, Richard Ford, Alice Munro, Denis Johnson - writers who are important to me… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Writers, like most human beings, are adaptable creatures. They can learn to accept subordination without growing fond of it. No writer can… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I'm under my own construction, mental lockdown and there is no way to escape it. Watching out for self-destruction because the most… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm writing about people, so I feel constrained to take with me my view of people, my curiosity about how people… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
