There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought. ("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy")” — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
“In the end we're all writers, because each one of us has the power to write our own story.” — M.P. Sharma Copy Share Image
“Because of their impact on our memories, writers rule. They wield the instrument by which our world is organized.” — Danielle S. Allen Copy Share Image
I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Just as readers often turn into writers, novel-writers often become novel-reviewers. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“When the others were picked up and walked home by friends or fathers or best friend’s sisters, I was the kid in… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that… — Randy West Copy Share Image
It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier.… — Christopher Cross 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
“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to… — Alessandra Torre 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
It's something that I know how to do because I taught for a very long time, so I can do it, and… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Despite membership in the guild of outcasts, writers do, by quirk of fate or sex or addiction or parenthood, become intimate with… — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image