“Whenever an artist becomes dominated by his own ignorance, his art loses value, for it is only the professional artist that can… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Why do you think you are always right?" Asks a dumb person that can't understand why I make a living as a… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When I started at the 'Guardian,' though, I couldn't think of anything we saw eye to eye on, except feminism, and even… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“And now we who are writing women and strange monsters Still search our hearts to find the difficult answers, Still hope that… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“Ruth Cole was a novelist; novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare… — John Irving Copy Share Image
They're pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are… — James Denton Copy Share Image
I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Writers do not want to think they are less rational than other people, and at the mercy of compulsions, but in their… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one… — Juanes Copy Share Image
“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he… — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
“In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct. Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact,… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
We're trying to make something that lasts in language and there's no question that many fiction writers began as poets and it's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though… — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors,… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan and the slew of fantastic writers and directors have always geared me towards making a three-dimensional human. — Rhea Seehorn Copy Share Image
There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for… — Angeles Mastretta Copy Share Image
“Present-day worthy poets’ and writers’ writings and books should be added to the syllabus and studied in the schools, colleges and universities… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
I really admire the experimentalists who challenge traditional narrative - writers like Ishmael Reed, Michael Martone, Donald Barthelme, Tatyana Tolstaya, George Saunders,… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered… — Patricia Rae Copy Share Image
I'm in my happy place when I'm sitting in my room, alone. The only light coming from my laptop. The sound of… — Universalclockwork Copy Share Image
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“You start wondering if you deserved those high reviews on your books or if people just pitied you and went “Poor sod.… — Ash Gray Copy Share Image
You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
