All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world. — Ron White Copy Share Image
When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen. — Mostafa A Copy Share Image
Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I write and read with the assumption that literature contains knowledge of human experience that is not available otherwise. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I don't know when I'm writing dark. I don't know when I'm writing funny or even heartbreaking. I'm always just trying to… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Not only had Yates continued to grow as a writer in terms of craft, but also philosophically, salvaging from the ruins of… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
“Your writings and head are disordered and mixed up, so that it is exceedingly annoying to read and difficult to remember what… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
“I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. There's always a new street I can go to,… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
“The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Who are these evil ones? In 1984, the evil one was called Goldstein. Orwell was writing a grim parody. But these people… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
“Writers write. Period. No matter how hard it is. One word after another. Sometimes the sentences spill quickly from our fingertips, and… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
But it's clear to me that us slow-poke writers are a dying breed. It's amazing how thoroughly my young writing students have… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
The biggest difficulty in film industry today is not that of getting dates, actors or finance, but writers. We don't get writers.… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
One of the most rewarding moments of my career is when I'm speaking to a child who tells me they have the… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I was very stubborn and always wanted to be just an actor. I was told by a lot of… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
