Music and literature have always and continue to be massive influences. Writers such as Seamus Heaney and Frank McGuinness. I have always… — Bronagh Gallagher Copy Share Image
“This time it was the sentence opening the last part of a story I had worked on for months: a sentence as… — Louis Zukofsky Copy Share Image
“Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
With every episodic, there's a learning curve where writers try to find the voice of the characters by way of the actors.… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
At a time when there's younger writers starting up and it's inevitable that you're becoming less fashionable, at a time when the… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“Writing barely differs from Talking and Reading. It appoints your hand while they engage your mouth and eyes respectively. The trio need… — Olaotan Fawehinmi Copy Share Image
How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow. — Christopher Golden Copy Share Image
The deaf culture is portrayed very accurately on 'Switched at Birth' because the writers did the opposite of the norm. They did… — Sean Berdy Copy Share Image
I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for children's books; there are really… — Jewel Copy Share Image
Everyone who made 'Save the Date,' like the writers and the director, they're all happily married and not anti-marriage at all, so… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
The success that I have in sitcoms comes from the fact that 60 percent of the writers are Jewish guys in their… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writers, poets and artists inspire each other. I believe they become muses for each other.” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Entertain, yes. That goes without saying. But a good writer does that automatically, it's built into the machine. Telling a thumpingly good,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Sarajevo was this beautiful city, very cosmopolitan, multiethnic, full of wonderful people, artists and writers and poets and Serbs and Muslims and… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
If directors, actors and writers have the ability to drop their alpha-male egos, you will always get better work. In terms of… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image