Acting Quote by David Ives

I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.

— Terry Pratchett

The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing…

— Tituss Burgess

I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some…

— Barry Hannah

Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are…

— Diablo Cody

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Today there are a lot of novelists who seem to be writing to be reviewed, not read.

— Pete Hamill

I don't read reviews or take any feedback from anyone. Here's the thing: The stories don't even care what I think about them. They…

— J.R. Ward

I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits…

— Daniel Clowes

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're

— Bill Murray

Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood

— David Seltzer

I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as…

— Tim Hecker

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere