People Quote by Cynthia Weil

We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was…

— Ken Thompson

There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want to write,…

— Scott Berkun

For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on napkins and…

— Tommy Wiseau

“I hear you're a writer,' said 2040..."What are you writing about?' Not liking to discuss my writing with strangers, I had been privately auditioning…

— Phoebe Damrosch

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for…

— Ru Freeman

I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the man who…

— Louis L'Amour

“But writing is like breathing--I do it because I have to. Actually, writing might be more like reading--I do it because I can't imagine…

— Heather Frost

“I fancy myself a writer. And writing, in its most eloquent manner, since time became a concept indoctrinated by true troglodytes, tickles my dong;…

— Dave Matthes

As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots.…

— Bernardo Bertolucci-Film Director of The Last Emperor etc

I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the…

— Hugh Grant

“So this, it seems, is the key for authors who want to live forever: You need to write about important things without actually writing…

— Chuck Klosterman

You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.

— Doris Lessing