I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back… — Inez Kelley Copy Share Image
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
“Didn’t we option this one’s spec?” Producer One asks Producer Two, using his Italian-loafered foot to prod the eviscerated writer in question.… — Matt Wallace Copy Share Image
“Kwa nini Biblia imejaa mafumbo? Biblia imejaa mafumbo kwa sababu akili za watu bado hazijakomaa kuupokea ukweli. Yesu na waandishi wote wa… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse… — Charles T Sprading Copy Share Image
The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest… — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Ideally, writers and narrative designers should be included much earlier in the process, where they can be of most benefit. However, although… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
When I present those clip shows and movie mistakes and things, the persona the writers adopt for me is unimpressed, superior, very… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character. — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
“Didn’t he know that heterosexuals needed to breed so homosexuals could even exist?” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
“My advice for aspiring writers is simply this: NEVER GIVE UP. Do not let anyone tell you that you cannot achieve your… — Rachel Nicole Wagner Copy Share Image
Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I'm so thrilled to have won the RITA. The award is particularly special because it is given by other romance authors. It's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Think of a ballet dancer at the barre. Plie, eleve, battement tendu. She is practicing, because she knows that there is no… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there's no such thing as a boring… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“If writers only dared to dare, a Suetonius or a Tacitus of the Novel could exist, for the Novel is essentially the… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
Some writers you return to again and again, and for me, Nancy Mitford is one of them. — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
“Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
