I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began… — Charles Martin Smith Copy Share Image
“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.” — Khaled Talib Copy Share Image
I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I always dread the process of writing because I'm not a writer. I'm an audible guy, I'm a verbal guy. I love… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The primary relationship on a film, where possible, should be between the director and writer. — Ol Parker Copy Share Image
I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like a writer, sometimes I just feel like a snitch.” — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“A lofty breeze rushed by, threatening to brush him over the ridge. He looked with hardened eyes off into the East as… — Evan Grinde Copy Share Image
It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about the time when science became modern, around the 1950s. Right after physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, science started… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after.… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
The world has obviously changed in terms of the way filmmakers and actors and writers often look at their own careers. They… — Mark Canton Copy Share Image
There are people who are trying to write history for the general reader who can be quite tedious. That said, I do… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades,… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
“A writer’s silence is the loudest scream; it’s the unwritten chapters of their life that echo in the emptiness of their soul.” — Dr. Nitin Chopra Copy Share Image
Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better. — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, especially when I'm writing in first person, I don't think about the characterization, or how they are going to… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
You shouldn't have standards that inhibit you from writing It really doesn't make any difference if you are good or bad today.… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“About novel Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott. Q: What does the title "Imperfect Birds" mean? It's a line from a poem by… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
