80s Quote by Colin Baker

As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.

— Kola Boof

As I get older, I find the things that I thought would be sorted by now aren't. The idea of writing stuff like that…

— Ol Parker

Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance.

— Joan Didion

I've been writing full-time since about 1984 - mostly magazine features and columns.

— Mary Roach

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

— Cynthia Weil

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

— George Stephen

I've been writing full-time since 1978.

— Alan Dean Foster

“In the seventies I used to work in the bedroom of my flat at a little table. I worked in longhand with a fountain…

— Ian McEwan

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.

— Philippa Gregory

When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant.

— William Monahan

I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.

— Diablo Cody

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

— Merritt Wever