Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available. — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
If you think it's worth writing a book about then that means you suspect that you're not the only one. You suspect… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane. — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.” — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
When I was ten, my mother told me to write down my feelings. I eventually started writing a book. I wish I'd… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I've just sold my first TV show to a network. It's a comedy and it may never make it to air but… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who is in the publishing business knew I was writing a book, and he said, 'Have you said… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
We'd decided to write a book about two friends. I gave her some coffee and then we sat there not knowing what… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
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Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
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In a way, I started 'Goon Squad' not even realizing I was writing a book. I thought I was just writing a… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
“You have made some notes, read some writing books, and done some research. Mostly what you've done is talk about writing a… — Pat Walsh Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing a book, I'm doing promotion for a book. One thing I love to do is go off with… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There are a lot of guys on both campaigns, on all the campaigns now, who do some very questionable lobbying on behalf… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
I think theres just this mystique of writing a book that appeals to people. A person has to really check their motives… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing,… — Theodore Isaac Rubin Copy Share Image
You try to learn who you are. You work hard. You've either got it or you don't when it comes to writing… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
How do I start writing a book? I sit there, I come up with an opening line, and then I go little… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
“I hear you don't write any more," he says... "Not true," I inform him. "You should see the margins of my student… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The reason writers are such fragile beings, Marcus, is that they suffer from two sorts of emotional pain, which is twice as… — Joel Dicker Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
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If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Living our lifes is like writing a book. It starts the same for all of us and the ending is unknown for… — Andreea-Paula Calugaru Copy Share Image
I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia.… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
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