Conversation Quote by Chloe Benjamin

“Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they've started work…

— Twyla Tharp

“Research" is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as excuse for EVERYTHING”

— Rayne Hall

When you go into projects, you can't look at it as limited; you have to dive into it wholeheartedly to be true to the…

— Jolene Purdy

It often comes down to the people that you get to work with, and to match or enhance their creation. I tend to fall…

— Per Hallberg

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

— Edward M. Lerner

I think something many of us grapple with are those times we dread the practice of writing, no matter the project.

— Ben Doller

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.

— Alan Garner

Doors open to you every time you get a different role. So, yeah, the research is my passion; that's why I keep doing it.

— Michael Hogan

The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a much better…

— David Hewlett

I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking…

— Kerry Washington

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a…

— Penelope Cruz

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw