I think Quote by Jon Lovett

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

— Nick Cave

Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism…

— David Foster Wallace

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.

— Augusten Burroughs

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

— Hampton Fancher

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines,…

— George R. R. Martin

Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested…

— Eric Brown

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

— Melvin Van Peebles

Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think that what…

— Richard Ford

Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what their novels…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Everyone has his own particular talent, niche and interests. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't try new genres or styles or explore forms…

— Kevin Alexander

I know one thing - very few writers in Southern California get to write what they want to write. We are more or less…

— Larry Gelbart

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

— Jerry Spinelli