Curious Quote by Ben Hecht

Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland, there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit and talent... Yet, in a…

— Ben Hecht

I think there is a huge difference between writers who have very big sales, and writers who have small sales. Even writers with very…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a…

— Ben Hecht

The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then a producer…

— John Rhys-Davies

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you’ve ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don’t write as well as you do yet are rich and famous…

— Larry Brooks

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.

— W. Somerset Maugham

I don't think actors are to blame for poor writing. The culture changes first, and the theater follows it. In the case of the…

— Christopher Reeve

There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

— Colson Whitehead

I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.

— Martin Amis

I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.

— Stephen King