Credit Quote by Curtis Hanson

I also got to know Roger Corman a bit while we were on location in Mendocino. And then, subsequently, a woman who also worked…

— Curtis Hanson

It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of their profile,…

— Carole Radziwill

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

— David Foster Wallace

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

— Robert Benchley

“Another difference between amateur and professional writers, almost by definition, is that the latter more successfully engage their audience. It is partly a question…

— Alice W. Flaherty

Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention.The professional writer discovers some…

— John Dos Passos

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

— Shelley Berman

A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter…

— Craig Newmark

I suppose we think euphemistically that all writers write because they have something to say that is truthful and honest and pointed and important.…

— Rod Serling

I used to love to write. As a child I used to write all the time. I loved to write up until the second…

— Fran Lebowitz

I think I'm a whole lot to handle. I definitely am, on every aspect. I'm the video director. I'm the graphics designer. I'm the…

— Kanye West

Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its…

— Nigel Lythgoe