Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures. — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief." — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film — Todd Barry Copy Share Image
Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would. — Laurie Beth Jones Copy Share Image
It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
“Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“The best writing takes you places you don't want to go. It drags you by the hair against your will and leaves… — Penfist Copy Share Image
I always write like the devil's behind me with a whip. I'm going to write because I like it. Then I'm going… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
a scientist or a writer is one who ruminates continuously on the nature of physical or imaginative life, experiences repeated relief and… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, it's about the page. It's not about the movie. It's not about cinema. It's about the literature of me… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Writing and sharing music, it's a very vulnerable thing. Especially when you're in the public eye, people like to have ideas of… — Rachel Zegler Copy Share Image
“You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
The lessons learned in journalism also apply. Writing for NPR has taught me to cut a piece in half and then in… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the… — Tom Skerritt Copy Share Image
