I'm always collaborating with other writers because I don't write my own books for musicals. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
A lot of people, be it writers, filmmakers, actors or technicians, are getting opportunities because of digital platforms. — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
As the editor at the Village Voice, I always tried to find writers of colour. — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
“I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.” — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider! — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
You're everything I thought you never were And nothing like about you could've been. — Beyoncé Copy Share Image
“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of… — Sara Levine Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The most 'popular,' the most 'successful' writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I believe that writers run out of material, I really do. I believe very strongly in the fact that when the natural… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other.… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“She was rare, few and far between She suspected he would be as well And the thought of two rare, few and… — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
“One of the most brilliant Russian writers of the twentieth century, Yevgeny Zamyatin belongs to the tradition in Russian literature represented by… — Mirra Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Some writers are writing one great, big book and just taking all these different avenues towards it. They might seem on the… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve — hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve —… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Most open letters undoubtedly come from a good place, rising out of genuine outrage or concern or care. There is, admittedly, also… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Each big idea like that is an operating system upgrade," she says, smiling. Comfortable territory. "Writers are responsible for some of it.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“Some people get offended by what I write, by what I do with my life and by what I say to those… — Daniel Marques Copy Share Image
Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The meaningful Broadway experiences of my life have been plays by great writers with excellent casts. — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“And I've learned to hit the brakes at these kinds of stop signs rather than t-boning a tanker truck filled with 200… — Benjamin Kane Ethridge Copy Share Image
You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
There are some dried flowers found in between the pages of your books.. you've done a lot of saving, haven't you? — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
“Writers should measure their life not in years, but in moments of writing.” — J. Alchem Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of writers that can get away with not being gifted with words. — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
