Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs,… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
There are certain books that should be taken away from young writers; that should be prised out of their clutching fingers and… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
'Skyline' is an alien invasion film that really takes an interesting look at the genre. The writers did an amazing job of… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
“You know, it's not only writers who have this problem, but writers really, really have this problem; for us, a so-called train… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“I think it's incomparably sweet when someone writes something for you.. even if it doesn't rhyme or even if it isn't very… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
I don't think they [contemporary writers] read me either. I mean, if we're concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the… — Anne Beatts Copy Share Image
Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert… — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“I speak, I speak, and truth at that. Writers are a curious breed: brooding, fickle, alternately loving and hating their work—and each… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Writers are first and foremost observers. We lose ourselves in the watching and then the telling of the world we find. Often… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capable only of fractured perceptions” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an… — PJ Harvey 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
You know, actors say, 'There are no bad roles, there are only bad actors.' Well, comedians, because they're also writers, believe that… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
“A writer’s amulets include explication, free association, parallelism, antithesis, and epiphany to create a silhouette of that which heretofore did not exist… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“You know your a survivor, a strong fighter, because you’re here in this moment. You must believe in your strength and courage… — Jawedquotes Copy Share Image
What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and… — Robert M. Parker, Jr 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
Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Horror fans are very passionate people, and they are very much into the 'Saw' thing. So they watch sometimes as carefully as… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
I spent years of being a ghost / Unsure of where home is anymore / I tell them I feel nothing /… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Writers are notorious for using any reason to keep from working: over-researching, retyping, going to meetings, waxing the floors - anything. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The more shows that are produced, the more writers are hired, producers are hired, actors are hired, directors are hired, it means… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take… — Isaiah Mustafa Copy Share Image
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers, so you can suddenly get a… — Alan Dale Copy Share Image
Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers,… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
Last time I blushed was when I smoothed my hands over the back of my dress and actually touched skin. Seems the… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
I can remember in my early days of writing going to sort of writers' functions and parties and things like that, and… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women. — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
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