Writer Quotes

4019 Writer quotes by 2168 unique authors

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about… — T Bone Burnett
A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to themselves first of… — Tony Grisoni
For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with… — Virginia Hamilton
I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing. — Alistair Maclean
The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar. — Theodor Mommsen
And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's… — Robert Towne
A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. — William Sansom
If you would be a writer, first be a reader — Allan W. Eckert
I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of… — Laurence Housman
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps… — Samuel McChord Crothers
Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That's how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by… — Natalie
Every writer is a writer of the generation before. — Wilfrid Sheed
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer… — Terry Rossio
Andy Gullahorn is my favorite new musical discovery of the past five years. He's a brilliant writer, a fine musician and a generous spirit. — David LaMotte
You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer. — Andre Balazs
FBI Girl is touching and funny, inspiring and tragic, enlightening and sad. I closed the book with tears in my eyes and admiration in my… — Beverly Donofrio
Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're a writer. — Charles Ghigna
Flow is something the reader experiences, not the writer. — Verlyn Klinkenborg
The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances;Â what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic… — Nicholas Delbanco
The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to plot point, like… — Richard North Patterson
I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw. — Len Wein
If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. The… — Donald Harington
The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the… — Gabrielle Roy
I'm an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not. — Jack Black

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