Even Quote by Elmore Leonard

There are so many different types of writers. It's just sheer coincidence that they're all called writers.

— Renata Adler

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

— Mignon McLaughlin

A lot of screenwriters write certain characters, certain parts, with actors in mind. I don't really tend to do that. I describe them as…

— Travis Beacham

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a…

— Ben Hecht

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that don't either don't have…

— Peter McWilliams

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.

— Quentin Tarantino

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have…

— Peter McWilliams

A writer is someone who writes!

— Pat Schneider

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often…

— Ha Jin

It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million years ago…

— Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that…

— Denise Duhamel